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"A group of actors is rehearsing a play when six people of varying ages appear on the stage claiming that they are characters in a play abandoned by their author and are looking for a new one to write their story. The actors, under the guidance of the stage manager agree to be their author, but the characters are always displeased with how the actors portray them. They insist that they know the real way and show the actors how it really was. The character's story involves one who claims to be a father coming across his daughter in a house of prostitution.
The play is also concerned with the philosophical question of the nature of reality. Which is more real, the characters and their story or the actors pretending to be the characters?
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Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar
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"The regular cast and crew of a repertory theatre are preparing to begin a rehearsal when they are interrupted by six seemingly mad persons. This sextet proceeds to explain that they characters, conceived and then cast aside by their author. They are in search of someone who will put their unique and powerful story on stage. Discussion of the meaning of art and truth and of the theatre of theatre follows."
Karen, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Life of a profession:
- actor
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- living in dreamworld
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
- prostitute
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- deluded
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- a teen
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- business executive
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- explicit references to torture
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- No single main character?
Is this a play?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
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