PSA XXXIII, 2020-21
Editors: Enza De Francisci, Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ESSAYS
VERGA, DUSE, AND PIRANDELLO: WITHOUT AN AUTHOR
Enza De Francisci
SIX CHARACTERS DURING WORLD WAR I
Pietro Frassica
THE DIVIDED SELF IN SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR – IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921-2021)
Carlo Di Lieto translated by Bradford A. Masoni
THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN: SIX CHARACTERS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO DO A PLAY
Patricia Gaborik
FILM AND TRUTH: PIRANDELLO’S VISION OF SEI PERSONAGGI FOR THE SCREEN
Michael Syrimis
THE MISSING EPISODE IN TU RIDI AND SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Daniela Bini
BUILDING A BOURGEOIS THEATRE WITH THE AID OF PIRANDELLO: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN ICELAND
Magnus Thor Thorbergsson
SHOW AND TELL FROM PIRANDELLO TO ALBEE: TRAUMA, THEATRICALITY, AND RECONFIGURING THE FOURTH WALL
Laura A. Lucci
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY
Kyle Gillette
IN CONVERSATION
WHY SIX CHARACTERS MATTERS TODAY
Rino Caputo, Roberto Cavosi, Marco Gambino, Bradford A. Masoni, Martina Marzi, and Sarah Zappulla Muscarà; translations by Catherine Charles, Enza De Francisci, and Michael Subialka
REAL LIFE, FICTION, AND IMAGINATION: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LEGACY OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Annamaria Andreoli in conversation with Lisa Sarti
TRANSLATIONS
PIRANDELLO’S PROPOSITIONS. SIX CHARACTERS ON SCREEN – THE PLAYWRIGHT HIMSELF WILL PLAY THE PART OF THE AUTHOR IN THE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION (LA STAMPA, JUNE 20, 1933)
Translated and with an introduction by Lisa Sarti
CREATIVE WORK
TWO CHARACTERS LOOKING FOR A STORY
A short story written by Marcella Di Franco, translated by Enza De Francisci, Lisa Sarti, and Michael Subialka
THE SON’S SIDE (THE TRUE STORY OF THE SIX CHARACTERS)
A dramatic monologue written by Paolo Puppa, translated by Enza De Francisci, Lisa Sarti, and Michael Subialka
THE ETERNAL MOMENT #3RR
A one-act play by Diane Rao Harman
(winner of the PSA Pirandellian Dramaturgies Competition, 2021)