Six Characters in Search of an Author

In popular culture

  • "Six Charlies in Search of an Author" (1956), episode of The Goon Show
  • Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom (2003) – starring Ed Asner, James L. Brooks, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper and Gavin MacLeod, written and directed by Matthew Asner and Matthew Gold[17]
  • Dead White Writer on the Floor (2011) by Drew Hayden Taylor, a play borrowing from the Theatre of the Absurd featuring a cast of characters inside a writer's head[18]
  • "12 Characters in Search of an Apocalypse: On the Road" (2017) – essay by American author Andrew Boyd[19] that was turned into a travelling conversation / performance[20]
  • The BBC drama Staged (2020) features David Tennant and Michael Sheen attempting to rehearse the play via internet video conferencing during a period of COVID-19 lockdown.[21]
  • Six Characters In Search of an Outlet (2016), a widely circulated cartoon in The New Yorker by illustrator Liam Francis Walsh[22]
  • The 2022 Italian movie La Stranezza, directed by Roberto Andò, tells how Pirandello, played by Toni Servillo, was inspired to create the play following the meeting with a group of amateur performers led by actors Onofrio Principato and Sebastiano Vella, played by comedy duo Ficarra e Picone.

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