Contributor(s):Author: Luigi Pirandello Translator: Arthur Livingston Right You Are (If You Think So) (Italian: Cosi e (se vi pare), also translated as It Is So, (If You Think So)) is an Italian drama by Luigi Pirandello.
The play is based on Pirandello's novel La signora Frola e il signor Ponza, suo genero.
It premiered 18 June 1917 in Milan.
The theme is conflicting versions of the truth told by the main characters, each of whom claims the other is insane.
Lady Frola claims that her son-in-law Mr.
Ponza went insane when her daughter, his wife, died four years ago, then remarried.
Lady Frola claims he fantasizes that his new wife is his old wife.
Ponza claims that Lady Frola could not accept her daughter's death, went mad, and only survives by believing that his second wife is her living daughter.
The townspeople attempt to learn the truth as the play progresses.
Plot Mr.
Ponza and his mother-in-law, Lady Frola, escape to a quiet provincial town after a terrible earthquake in Marsica.
It is rumored Ponza is married, but no one has ever seen Mrs.
Ponza.
The Ponzas stay on the top floor on a nearby block, while Lady Frola lives in a stylish apartment.
The trio is subject of many rumours.
Townspeople see Giulia Ponza as a monster who prevents her mother-in-law from leaving the house.
So, Mr.
Ponza's boss, Councillor Agazzi, goes the prefect to bring out the truth and clarify the matter.
Lamberto Laudisi defends the new arrivals from the curiosity of the village, stating the impossibility of knowing each other and, more generally, absolute truth.
Lady Frola becomes the object of a real investigation on the life of her family.
Ponza is under the same investigation, during which declares the insanity of his mother-in-law.
He explains Lady Frola went insane after the death of her daughter Lina (his first wife), and he convinced Lady Frola that Giulia (his second wife) is actually her daughter and is still alive.
To preserve the illusion, they had to take a number of.
| Contributor(s) | Authorluigi |
|---|---|
| Translator | Arthur |
| So) (italian | Cosi e (se vi pare) also translated as |
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