# The Manager — Six Characters in Search of an Author character guide

> The Manager in Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Manager, The Manager Alarmed, The Manager Impatiently

**First appearance:** 0001-characters-of-the-comedy-in-the-making

## Snapshot

A harried theatre director mid-rehearsal who finds six self-proclaimed characters in his theatre and reluctantly agrees to stage them.

## Who they are

Rudely interrupted during a rehearsal, he first dismisses the intruders as a joke, then grows fascinated despite himself when the Father insists the drama is 'in us' and needs no script. Practical, impatient, and vain about his craft, he casts the parts on the spot, argues that actors—not characters—do the acting, and warns that the whole thing will be a glorious failure. His running battle with the Father over whether reality can survive representation turns a routine rehearsal into a philosophical brawl and gives the play its central comic and tragic engine.

## Relationships

### [The Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_se/characters/the_father)

_professional_

The father desperately tries to convince the manager to stage their family drama, creating a tense author-character dynamic.

### [The Step-Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_se/characters/the_step_daughter)

_professional_

The manager is alternately fascinated and exasperated by the step-daughter's manipulative and theatrical demands.

### [The Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_se/characters/the_mother)

_professional_

The manager shows some pity for the mother's grief but remains focused on the practicalities of staging the play.

### [The Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_se/characters/the_son)

_professional_

The manager is frustrated by the son's sullen refusal to participate in the rehearsal.

### [The Actors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_se/characters/the_actors)

_professional_

The actors are employees of the manager, often confused and annoyed by the intrusion of the six characters.

### [The Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/six_characters_in_search_of_an_author_se/characters/the_child)

_professional_

The manager barely acknowledges the child, treating her as a prop in the chaotic rehearsal.

## Links

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