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Six Characters in Search of an Author <br /> <em>Gielgud</em> Riflemind<br /> <em> Trafalgar Studios</em>

issue 04 October 2008

Six Characters in Search of an Author
Gielgud

Riflemind
Trafalgar Studios

Pirandello, the master of pretentious bombast, is perhaps the most talent-free of all Nobel laureates. Here he is in the West End with one of his better-known experiments updated by Rupert Goold and his collaborator Ben Power.

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