"Six Characters in Search of an Author" is a play by Luigi Pirandello that tells the story of six fictional characters who appear in the rehearsal room of a theater company, seeking a writer to complete their story. The characters are incomplete and seek to have their story finished by the actors and director of the theater company. As the play progresses, the lines between reality and fiction become blurred, and the characters' search for an author becomes a search for their own identities. Pirandello's play is a commentary on the nature of art and the relationship between reality and fiction. It is considered a masterpiece of modernist literature and has had a significant influence on the development of theater and literature in the 20th century.
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