Six Characters in Search of an Author

Luigi Pirandello, Rupert Goold, Ben Power

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Nick Hern Books
26 June 2008

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Series: NHB Modern Plays

Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.

Blurring the border between fiction and life, between the stage and the world outside, Luigi Pirandello's play Six Characters in Search of an Author exploded onto the stage in 1921 as one of the unique achievements of twentieth-century drama.

Updated and recontextualised in this vertiginous new version, it becomes a dark parable for a media-obsessed age and an exhilarating exploration of how we define art, ourselves and 'reality' in the twenty-first century.

This version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power was first performed at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in June 2008, in a co-production between Headlong and Chichester Festival Theatre.

'Exhilarating... stunning'

— The Times

'Madly ingenious... gives a remarkable new lease of life to Pirandello's seminal play'

— Independent

'Brilliantly inventive... gets to the heart of Pirandello's meaning while making the old play seem fresh to a modern audience'

— Daily Telegraph

By: Luigi Pirandello
Adapted by: Rupert Goold, Ben Power
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Headlong version
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 120g
ISBN: 9781854595317
ISBN 10: 1854595318
Series: NHB Modern Plays
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 26 June 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature. His plays include Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921). Rupert Goold is a leading theatre director. He is the artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, London, and was the artistic director of Headlong Theatre Company, 2005-2013.

Reviews for Six Characters in Search of an Author

'Exhilarating... stunning' * The Times * 'Madly ingenious... gives a remarkable new lease of life to Pirandello's seminal play' * Independent * 'Brilliantly inventive... gets to the heart of Pirandello's meaning while making the old play seem fresh to a modern audience' * Daily Telegraph *