Abstract

Beckett’s ‘Endgame’ and Pirandello’s ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ as Plays in the Making – A Comparative Study

Muntadher Jedi Shanshool

Volume: 12 Issue: 2 2022

Abstract:

Modern dramatists in the literary community, irrespective of where they are located, enjoy special privileges related to the theatre. In the wake of the industrial revolution, the stage afforded better settings, sound and light effects and a new interest in innovative performances. These changes gave the playwrights an opportunity to depict novel themes and present them in creative ways. Instead of portraying the characters in society as in any conventional play, one modern playwright turned his attention to the inner mind of a playwright and focussed his attention inside the brain of a playwright. This was a deliberate attempt on the part of Samuel Beckett, and hence he attached the sub-title ‘a play in the making’ to his play titled ‘Endgame’. Another writer of the times, Pirandello, wrote a play on a similar theme but presented it in a different way in his play ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’. This paper examines how both the plays are incomplete, that is they are in the process of creation.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v12i02.012

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