The play; 6 Characters in Search of An Author is seemingly self-explanatory albeit a strange concept to deal with in and of itself. A director is rehearsing a play (in the text this play is Rules of The Game a Pirandello play that was his prior successful work before this one) when suddenly 6 characters walk in proclaiming that they are unfinished characters and need to be in immortalised in a piece of art and finished in order for their story to end. Their story as it is explained and developed is an intriguing, disturbing and dysfunctional one mostly down to the efforts of the Father and the Stepdaughter. Their efforts to become immortalised in a work off art also bring about many philosophical questions regarding reality and life itself. What does reality mean and how do we determine what reality is? Are we really ever alive? These are some of the things that we will tackle using and developing the play.
My character is the character of Father arguably the reason the 6 characters are in search of an author to end their story. His actions prior to the play, from his estrangement with his wife to his sending his son to boarding school as well as his sexual encounters with his stepdaughter are what has led to the characters being the way they are, if not for their author writing them that way. His prescence and demeanour within the play is seemingly authoritative and ghostly at the same time. He seems to exude power and shame at the same time, something I will find interesting to play throughout this process. I also sense an anger in him that is not seen until the end of the play but is definitely hinted at during my portion of the role (it is to be split in three between myself Danny and Michael) and this too will be something I need to think about during my portrayal of the role.
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