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Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello |
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adapted by Robert Brustein and the Company |
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directed by |
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set and costume design by |
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lighting design adapted by |
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sound adapted by |
Closed January 24, 1997
At the Loeb Drama Center
From the first shattering moment when the ethereal Six Characters in Search of an Author crossed the stage of the A.R.T., audiences across the U.S., and as far away as Europe and the Far East have been thrilled and haunted by these spectral beings. Pirandello's 20th-century masterpiece opens in a bare backstage area where the actors of the A.R.T. Company are rehearsing. Six people - who claim to be characters from a play abandoned by their author - make a sudden appearance and seek new life by asking the actors to enact their drama. Pirandello's brilliant exploration of the nature of reality versus illusion, truth versus artifice, and the workings of the creative process is being presented in a newly updated version.
THE COMPANY
. . . Anthony, the ASM |
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. . . Scott, the stage manager |
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. . . Tommy, an actor |
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. . . Jeremy, the Senior Actor |
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. . . Will, an actor |
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. . . Chuck, an actor |
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. . . Karen, an actor |
THE CHARACTERS
. . . The Father |
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. . . The Mother |
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. . . The Stepdaughter |
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. . . The Son |
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Joe Pasquale |
. . . The Little Boy |
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. . . The Little Girl |
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. . . Emilio Paz |
Synopsis
The A.R.T. resident acting company is rehearsing their production of The King Stag. Their rehearsal is interrupted by a family who explain that they are characters from an unfinished dramatic work and ask permission to reenact a crucial moment in their lives, a moment from which the actors can fashion a finished play.
The actors agree, and the characters tell their story with much bickering and disagreement. No sooner do they begin to reconstruct the scene than tragedy strikes, however, leaving the assembled company to wonder which of the events they are witnessing are real and which are not. Caught in the irreconcilable clash between day-to-day reality and the reality of art, the director of the company bemoans a wasted day.
Related Link
The Brustein Version - A.R.T. News Preview Article
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