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Quotation from Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello
“he who has had the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. He cannot die.”
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Act I, trans. Edward Storer
The Father contrasts the mortal author with the immortal creation, citing Sancho Panza and Manzoni's Don Abbondio.
Citation: "he who has had the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. He cannot die." — 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-q2)
Portrait: Luigi Pirandello 1932, Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain.
