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Quotation from Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello
“one is born to life in many forms, in many shapes, as tree, or as stone, as water, as butterfly, or as woman. So one may also be born a character in a play.”
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Act I, trans. Edward Storer
The Father explains to the incredulous Manager how six characters can stand before him alive.
Citation: "one is born to life in many forms, in many shapes, as tree, or as stone, as water, as butterfly, or as woman. So one may also be born a character in a play." — Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Act I, trans. Edward Storer. (id pirandello-three-plays-q1)
Portrait: Luigi Pirandello 1932, Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain.
