![]() The father initially married a peasant woman and had a son with her. The characters finally start to describe their history. The Step-Daughter comes forward and tells them that they will be amazed by the drama in which the little girl dies and she, the Step-Daughter, is the only character who manages to run off. ![]() He informs them that their author only wrote two acts of their play and then left it unfinished. The manager is on the verge of throwing them out as jokesters, but the father persists and argues that he and the others want to be brought to life by being played by the actors. The manager and the other actors burst out laughing. He then claims that he and the other five people are all characters rather than real people. The father informs the manager that he has an unfinished drama for him to perform and that it only needs an author to complete it. The Door-keeper arrives and tells the manager that some people have come to see him, but by the time he finishes the six characters have already come onstage. The man replies that he has no idea what he is doing, and the manager likewise admits to ignorance. ![]() When the Leading Man protests about part of his costume, the manager yells at him concerning the symbolism of the props and asks if he understands. The manager starts going through the various scenes and telling his Property Man what to write down for each. The actors arrive and pretend to prepare to rehearse the second act of a Pirandello play called Mixing It Up. The stage is set as if for a regular rehearsal. ![]()
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