Italian drama -- Translations into English; Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 -- Translations into English
SIGNORA PONZA. Not at all, not at all, sir! No, for myself I
am ... whoever you choose to have me. (_Without removing her
veil, she proudly casts a sweeping glance around at the
company, and withdraws. They all stand looking after her.
Profound silence on the stage_).
LAUDISI. Well, and there, my friends, you have the truth!
But are you satisfied? Hah! hah! hah! hah! hah! hah! hah!
_Curtain._
NOTE TO "RIGHT YOU ARE!"
A slight adaptation has been introduced into Signora Frola's
explanation of her son-in-law's mania, Act I, p. 184,
beginning "No, look, look, not that ... etc." The Italian
text reads:
SIGNORA FROLA. No guardino ... guardino.... Non è neanche
lui!... Mi lascino dire. Lo hanno veduto-è così forte di
complessione ... violento.... Sposando, fu preso da una vera
frenesia d'amore.... Rischiò di distruggere, quasi, la mia
figliuola, ch'era delicatina ... Per consiglio dei medici e
di tutti i parenti anche dei suoi (che ora poverini non ci
sono più)--gli si dovette sottrarre la moglie di nascosto,
per chiuderla in una casa di salute ... ecc."
A.L.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Three Plays, by Luigi Pirandello
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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