Absurdism’s king of comedy, Luigi Pirandello, adapted a 1915 short story he wrote titled “Signora Frola and Signor Ponza, Her Son-in-Law” into a play two years later. Right You Are (If You Think Are) was presented in dramatic form as a “A Parable in Three Acts.” As in any instructive parable, the characterization is put fully into the service of delivering the lesson and thus creates mysteries about motivation that remain unresolved by the conclusion.

Cast

Romolo Valli

Lamberto Laudisi

Rina Morelli

Signora Frola

Paolo Stoppa

Signor Ponza

Rossella Falk

Signora Ponza

Elsa Albani

Signora Amalia