Right You Are (If You Think So)

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"Right You Are (If You Think So)" is a play by Luigi Pirandello that explores the relativity of truth and the elusiveness of objective reality through conflicting personal narratives.

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Right You Are (If You Think So) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Luigi Pirandello ⓘ
centralConflict conflicting accounts of a woman’s identity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
criticalReception considered a key work in Pirandello’s exploration of truth and illusion ⓘ
dramaticEffect leaves the audience without a definitive answer ⓘ
dramaticFunctionOfLaudisi onstage commentator on truth and perception ⓘ
dramaticStructure play-within-the-town’s-curiosity ⓘ
dramaticTechnique ambiguity ⓘ
metatheatrical commentary ⓘ
unreliable testimony ⓘ
explores the impossibility of fully knowing others ⓘ
the role of community in constructing truth ⓘ
the tension between private suffering and public curiosity ⓘ
genre absurdist theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
modernist drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio adaptations ⓘ
stage productions in multiple countries ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Laudisi ⓘ
Signor Ponza ⓘ
Signora Frola ⓘ
influenced 20th-century theatre theory ⓘ
absurdist playwrights ⓘ
influencedBy early 20th-century modernism ⓘ
literaryMovement European modernist theatre ⓘ
Italian modernism ⓘ
narrativeForm one-act structure ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
philosophicalContext relativism ⓘ
skepticism about objective truth ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Henry IV ⓘ
Six Characters in Search of an Author ⓘ
setting a provincial Italian town ⓘ
subjectOf philosophical discussions of relativism in literature ⓘ
scholarly analysis in theatre studies ⓘ
theme appearance versus reality ⓘ
epistemological uncertainty ⓘ
gossip and social curiosity ⓘ
identity ⓘ
relativity of truth ⓘ
subjective reality ⓘ
workOf Luigi Pirandello ⓘ

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Luigi Pirandello → notableWork → Right You Are (If You Think So) ⓘ
Henry IV (play) → relatedWorkByAuthor → Right You Are (If You Think So) ⓘ
subject linked to: Henry IV