Six Characters in Search of an Author
February - March 2008
Overview
Six characters abandoned by their author desperately need a writer to complete their story.
Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they long to escape, only acting out the scenes that were written for them will release them.
Arriving at a theatre, it falls to one unwitting director and his hapless band of actors to take on their quest, picking up their troubled family story. Guilty secrets unfold as the surreal rehearsals take shape.
One way or another, their tragic story must be told.
Six Characters in Search of an Author was first staged in 1921. David Harrower’s adaptation was first staged at the Young Vic Theatre in 2000 to critical acclaim.
A co-production with the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
WINNER: Best Female Performance for Amy Manson: Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2007-2008.
Cast
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- Romana Abercromby
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- Irene Allan
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- Eric Barlow
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- Sandra Clark
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- Carol Ann Crawford
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- Ron Donachie
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- John Dougall
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- Una McLean
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- Amy Manson
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- Cameron Mowat
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- Kirstin Murray
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- Andrew Scott-Ramsay
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- Benny Young
Creative team
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- Luigi Pirandello
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- Original Text
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- David Harrower
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- New Version by
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- Mark Thomson
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- Director
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- Francis O'Connor
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- Designer
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- Chris Davey
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- Lighting Designer