Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Synopsis
- A television adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s modern classic in which the play’s traditional theatrical setting is transposed to a television studio. As a group of actors prepare for a rehearsal of a TV adaptation of another Pirandello play -- "The Rules of the Game" -- the television monitors in the control booth give way to an electrical interference which inexplicably replaces the images of the actors with the images of six mysterious strangers. These are the "six characters" of the title who appear in the flesh in the studio to confront the director and actors with the proposition that their story is more interesting than the play at hand. They gradually take over the stage to act out their story, each character representing a different point of view.
- Series
- Broadway Classic Collection
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2002
- Year of production
- 1976
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- literature - Italian; television drama
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £14.99 inc
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 90 min
- Year
- 2002
Distributor
- Name
Broadway Classics
- Contact
- Constantine Frixos (Managing Director)
- international@broadwayarchive.com
- Web
- http://www.broadwayclassics.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7734 4441
- Fax
- 020 7437 0638
- Address
- 1st Floor
Hammer House
117 Wardour Street
London
W1F 0UN
UK
- Name
National Theatre Bookshop
- bookshop@nationaltheatre.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/28853/dvds/dvds.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7452 3456
- Fax
- 020 7452 33457
- Address
- South Bank
London
SE1 9PX - Notes
- The NT bookshop provides an online service supplying DVDs of stage performances and film or television adaptations of plays.
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