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Six Characters in Search of an Author is a play by Luigi Pirandello that was first performed in 1921. The play follows six characters who interrupt a rehearsal in search of an author to complete their story. The characters, who are revealed to be the incomplete creations of a failed playwright, demand that their story be told. Six Characters in Search of an Author is a seminal work of absurdist drama that explores the nature of art and the relationship between fiction and reality.

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