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June 21, 2012 Agrigento

House of Luigi Pirandello - Vanessa Rusci diptych

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The father:

As! Don't we have our expression?

The manager:

Not at all! Their expression becomes matter here, to which the actors give body and figure, voice and gesture, who - according to his rule - have been able to give expression to much higher matter: where theirs is so small,

that if it stands on the scene, merit, believe it,

it will all be my actors.

The father:

"That over there!"

The stepdaughter:

But I wasn't saying for you, believe me! I said for me,

that I don't see myself in her at all, that's it. I don't know, no... no

looks nothing like me!

The father:

Yep, this is it; see, sir! Our expression –

The manager:

but what an expression of theirs! They think they have it in

itself, them, the expression? Not at all!

The father:

As! Don't we have our expression?

The manager:

Not at all! Their expression becomes matter here, to which the actors give body and figure, voice and gesture, who - according to his rule - have been able to give expression to much higher matter: where theirs is so small, that if it will stand on the stage , merit, believe me,

it will all be my actors.

The father:

I dare not contradict you, sir. But believe it is

a horrible suffering for us who are as we are

sees, with this body, with this figure –

The manager (cutting off, impatiently):

but it's remedied with makeup, it's remedied with makeup,

dear sir, as for the figure!

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