• six characters in search of an author • 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 is a play by Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello published in 1921 in three acts six characters in search of an author 𒊹 the main themes of the play are the contradiction between reality and imagination ༺ art and life ༻ as well as the tragedy of the connection between the imposed image the ❧ mask ☙ Pirandello uses the ⇝ theater within a theater ⇜ technique