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VenueMinerva Theatre
TownChichester
CountyWest Sussex
From27th June 2008
Opened8th July 2008
To23rd August 2008
WhenJun 27, 28, 30, Jul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 30, 31, Aug 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 20, 21, 23 at 19:45, Jul 8 19:00. Jul 5, 9, 12, 31, Aug 7, 9, 12, 16, 20, 23 Mats 14:15
PricesFrom £25.00. To £25.00.
Minerva Theatre (V1310317653)
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Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Work:: Six Characters in Search of an Author (S4999)

Six characters appear on a stage that is being used for the rehearsal of a Pirandello play. They ask the Stage Manager for help. Created and then discarded by an author, they seek another author to cast them in a play and let them play out their roles. A group of actors steps forward to portray the lives that the six characters have just described, but when they do so the characters object to their re-enactment, claiming that it distorts the truth. When one of the characters commits suicide, the rest of the characters mourn his death while the actors insist nervously that it is only make believe. Which is it? And how will the situation be resolved?
Author Luigi Pirandello

Production:: (T01416944689)

A new version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power. 2 hours 20 minutes
Corporate Sponsor John Wiley and Sons
Producer Chichester Festival Theatre
Producer Headlong Theatre
Director Rupert Goold
Design Mariam Beuther
Lighting Malcolm Rippeth
Music Adam Cork
Sound Adam Cork
Design Lorna Heavey (video and projection design)
Performer Ian McDiarmid (The Father)
Performer Noma Dumezweni (The Producer)
Performer Eleanor David (Mother)
Performer John Mackay (Executive)
Performer Jamie Bower
Performer Dyfan Dwyfor
Performer Christine Entwisle
Performer Denise Gough
Performer Jake Harders
Performer Jeremy Joyce
Performer Freya Parker
Performer Robin Pearce
Performer Stephen Crane (understudy for The Father - some dates)

Listing:: L900933592




Production details

A new version by Rupert Goold and Ben Power. 2 hours 20 minutes

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