Word: laudisi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...structure of "Right You Are" follows a simple formula. In the first scene Pirandello's mouthpiece, Laudisi, tosses out a philosophical nugget: You can't know the truth about anyone. The other characters are dubious. The proof follows: Two strangers give lengthy testimony about each other, which aside from being extremely improbably, is contradictory. This throws everyone into a dither, except, of course, Laudisi, who goes around baiting the rest of the east and generally being offensive...
Despite its philosophical pretensions, the plays (small) dramatic effect depends on the frail crutch of the who-done-it: "Which one's the lunatic?" Even the outside chance that it might turn out to be Laudisi couldn't keep me on the edge of my seat very long...