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''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' (Italian: ''[[Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore]]'') is a 1921 Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, first performed in that same year. An absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship between authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners, it premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome to a mixed reception, with shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" ("Madhouse!"), though the reception improved at subsequent performances – helped when Pirandello provided for the play's third edition, published in 1925, a foreword clarifying its structure and ideas. The play had its American premiere in 1922 on Broadway at the Princess Theatre.
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''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' is the English version of ''[[Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore]]'' by Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello#].  
  
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In South Africa it was produced by [[Rollo Gamble]] with the newly founded [[Theatre Club]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in 1938, as the first professional production to be staged at this theatre. The cast were [[Zoë Randall]], [[Wensley Pithey]], [[Marot Lassner]], [[Frank Hammerton]], [[Fred Loehnen]] and [[Rollo Gamble]].
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'''See ''[[Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore]]'''''
  
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Produced in 1941 by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] with [[André Huguenet]] and [[Margaret Inglis]], under the direction of [[Leontine Sagan]].
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The [[PACT]] production of the play was directed by Barney Simon at the [[Arena Theatre]] in Johannesburg in September 1973, including [[Hamilton McLeod]], [[David Eppel]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Michael Irwin]].
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''[[Ses Personasies op soek na 'n Skrywer]]'', the translation into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Fred le Roux]] in 1974 of Luigi Pirandello's play was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in August and September 1974, directed by [[Ria Olivier]], assisted by [[Johann van Heerden]].
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== Sources ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author
 
  
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UTS theatre pamphlet
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[[NELM]] (Photograph of PACT production 1973) [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 1995. 11. 13. 5. 11
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 28 June 2016

Six Characters in Search of an Author is the English version of Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore by Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) [1].

See Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore

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