Act I

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. Pirandello, in the preface to the play, says that whenever a reader opens Dante’s Inferno, Francesca will drift down from the dark wind in her circle of Hell and tell the Pilgrim her story; and it will always be for the first time – just as the Mother in Pirandello’s play at one point makes an agonizing cry, always for the first time. Each character sees events and the other characters differently. Their readings of reality do not match up. No one character is more correct than the other. There are as many versions of the story as there are characters in the play. Each character is in fact many characters; each has a sense of who he or she is, but each also is what the others believe he or she is. The play suggests that we are more victims of forces we cannot control than captains of our own fate and demonstrates Pirandello's conception that in place of a continuous ego, self or "I" are states of mind, masks or personae; the temporary result of forces brought to bear on us at that moment. The self becomes an anthology of such roles or masks. Theatricalists thought life was more like theater than vice versa. As in theater, we put on and take off masks, try out various roles, and make up our lives as we go along. (Summary by Wikipedia) CAST: The Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a> The Father: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/167">Peter Yearsley</a> The Mother: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2607">Ruth Golding</a> The Step-Daughter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5017">Miss Avarice</a> The Son: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492">mb</a> Madame Pace: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4009">Diana Majlinger</a> The Manager: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26">Denny Sayers</a> The Property Man: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911">David Lawrence</a> The Prompter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4572">om123</a> The Door-Keeper: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3809">gobblegobble</a> The Machinist: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/123">Ezwa</a> The Leading Lady: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2764">Piper Hale</a> The Leading Man: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037">bish</a> L’Ingénue: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5167">Bridget Tallon</a> Juvenile Lead: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5489">LizMourant</a> Actors: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3994">Miriam Esther Goldman</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3615">Lucy Perry</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5285">Sweetlilbirdy</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1649">Kalynda</a> Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello.Pirandello, in the preface to the play, says that whenever a reader opens Dante’s Inferno, Francesca will drift down from the dark wind in her circle of Hell and tell the Pilgrim her story; and it will always be for the first time – just as the Mother in Pirandello’s play at one point makes an agonizing cry, always for the first time.Each character sees events and the other characters differently. Their readings of reality do not match up. No one character is more correct than the other. There are as many versions of the story as there are characters in the play. Each character is in fact many characters; each has a sense of who he or she is, but each also is what the others believe he or she is.The play suggests that we are more victims of forces we cannot control than captains of our own fate and demonstrates Pirandello's conception that in place of a continuous ego, self or "I" are states of mind, masks or personae; the temporary result of forces brought to bear on us at that moment. The self becomes an anthology of such roles or masks. Theatricalists thought life was more like theater than vice versa. As in theater, we put on and take off masks, try out various roles, and make up our lives as we go along. (Summary by Wikipedia)CAST:The Narrator: Elizabeth KlettThe Father: Peter YearsleyThe Mother: Ruth GoldingThe Step-Daughter: Miss AvariceThe Son: mbMadame Pace: Diana MajlingerThe Manager: Denny SayersThe Property Man: David LawrenceThe Prompter: om123The Door-Keeper: gobblegobbleThe Machinist: EzwaThe Leading Lady: Piper HaleThe Leading Man: bishL’Ingénue: Bridget TallonJuvenile Lead: LizMourantActors: Miriam Esther Goldman, Availle, Lucy Perry, Sweetlilbirdy, KalyndaAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. Pirandello, in the preface to the play, says that whenever a reader opens Dante’s Inferno, Francesca will drift down from the dark wind in her circle of Hell and tell the Pilgrim her story; and it will always be for the first time – just as the Mother in Pirandello’s play at one point makes an agonizing cry, always for the first time. Each character sees events and the other characters differently. Their readings of reality do not match up. No one character is more correct than the other. There are as many versions of the story as there are characters in the play. Each character is in fact many characters; each has a sense of who he or she is, but each also is what the others believe he or she is. The play suggests that we are more victims of forces we cannot control than captains of our own fate and demonstrates Pirandello's conception that in place of a continuous ego, self or "I" are states of mind, masks or personae; the temporary result of forces brought to bear on us at that moment. The self becomes an anthology of such roles or masks. Theatricalists thought life was more like theater than vice versa. As in theater, we put on and take off masks, try out various roles, and make up our lives as we go along. (Summary by Wikipedia) CAST: The Narrator: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1259" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elizabeth Klett</a> The Father: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/167" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peter Yearsley</a> The Mother: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2607" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ruth Golding</a> The Step-Daughter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5017" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miss Avarice</a> The Son: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1492" rel="noopener noreferrer">mb</a> Madame Pace: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4009" rel="noopener noreferrer">Diana Majlinger</a> The Manager: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/26" rel="noopener noreferrer">Denny Sayers</a> The Property Man: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Lawrence</a> The Prompter: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4572" rel="noopener noreferrer">om123</a> The Door-Keeper: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3809" rel="noopener noreferrer">gobblegobble</a> The Machinist: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/123" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ezwa</a> The Leading Lady: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2764" rel="noopener noreferrer">Piper Hale</a> The Leading Man: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037" rel="noopener noreferrer">bish</a> L’Ingénue: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5167" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bridget Tallon</a> Juvenile Lead: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5489" rel="noopener noreferrer">LizMourant</a> Actors: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3994" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miriam Esther Goldman</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174" rel="noopener noreferrer">Availle</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3615" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lucy Perry</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5285" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sweetlilbirdy</a>, <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/1649" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kalynda</a> Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

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