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How do you explain the reaction of those who booed Pirandello and called him a "clown" after the first performance of Six Characters in search of an author?
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How do you explain the reaction of those who booed Pirandello and called him a "clown" after the first performance of Six Characters in search of an author? Pirandello was becoming a very successful and popular playwright during the years after the First World War, and the critics anticipated the first performance of Six Characters in Search of an Author (Six Characters). It was first performed in Rome in 1921. Pirandello was known for using very new techniques in the theatre so the audience was expecting a different and totally new type of play. However, they were obviously not fully prepared for Six Characters because after the performance the audience was so shocked that a riot was started. In this essay I intend to explain why the first performance of this play was not accepted, and why Pirandello was called a clown for writing it. I will be mainly concentrating on the...
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