# Art and Life in Six Characters in Search of an Author

> Theme guide for Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello.

The play explores the relationship between art and life, as the Characters seek to have their drama performed, and the Father argues that characters are 'more alive' than living people because they cannot die, while the Manager insists that art is merely an illusion created by actors.

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