Six Characters in Search of An Author

Six Characters in Search of An Author

96 mins | Oct. 14, 1976

A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.

Six Characters in Search of An Author

96 mins | Oct. 14, 1976

Six Characters in Search of An Author

A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.

Producers
Original title	Six Characters in Search of An Author
Directors	Stacy Keach
Writers	Paul Avila Mayer, Luigi Pirandello

Cast

John Houseman

as The Director

Andy Griffith

as The Father

Julie Adams

as The Mother

Beverly Todd

as The Stepdaughter

James Keach

as The Son

H.B. Barnum III

as The Boy

Claire Touchstone

as The Little Girl

Patricia Hitchcock

as The Character Lady

Laurence Hugo

as The Leading Man

Timothy Blake

as The Leading Lady

Pat Ast

as Madam Pace

Peter Elbling

as Rudy

Jeremy Foster

as The Juvenile

Deborah Winters

as The Ingenue