Oreste Campese is the leader of a traveling troupe of actors—made up of his family—who find themselves in the middle of winter in an unspecified town in central Italy. During the prologue, Campese recounts the events leading up to the present: the troupe has suffered the misfortune of losing their "shed," a mobile theater structure that was destroyed by an accidental fire. The flames spared only the boxes of props and costumes, which were opportunely saved.

Cast

Eduardo De Filippo

Ferruccio De Ceresa

Paolo Graziosi

Luca De Filippo

Mario Scaccia

Angelica Ippolito

Linda Moretti

Arnaldo Ninchi

Marina Confalone