Sociology

Six Characters in Search of an Author Author: Luigi Pirandello Publisher: Pensamiento Crítico Collection: Nobel Prize Winners Pages: 125 Edition: 2010 ISBN: 9404280300323 A father bursts into a play rehearsal and confronts the director: "We have come in search of an author." He is the head of the family in Six Characters in Search of an Author, one of the fundamental works that revolutionized 20th-century theater. In it, Luigi plays with "theater within theater" and breaks "the fourth wall," integrating the audience into a game where it is never clear what is true and what is fantasy, very much in keeping with the metaphysical themes present in the author's work.