![]() ![]() To reverse this process is the madness of acting: that is, “to create credible situations, in order that they may appear true.”įather explains that as their author unjustly denied them stage-life and its immortality, they bring their drama to the company. When the Manager replies that he has no time for madmen, Father rejoins that he must know life is full of absurdities that do not need to appear plausible since they are true. A “tenuous light” surrounds them-the “faint breath of their fantastic reality.” With embarrassment, the Father explains to the angry Manager that they are in search of an author. ![]() The Leading Man asks if he must absolutely wear a cook’s cap. ![]() The company enters from the back and gets ready for a rehearsal of Pirandello’s Mixing it Up. The Manager enters and calls for the second act. Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello ![]()
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