Enrico IV

Luigi Pirandello

Sinossi

Peccato veramente! Perché, come vedi, qua l'apparato ci sarebbe; il nostro vestiario si presterebbe a fare una bellissima comparsa in una rappresentazione storica, a uso di quelle che piacciono tanto oggi nei teatri. E stoffa, oh, stoffa da cavarne non una ma parecchie tragedie, la storia di Enrico IV la offrirebbe davvero. Mah! Tutti e quattro qua, e quei due disgraziati là (indica i valletti) quando stanno ritti impalati ai piedi del trono, siamo... siamo così, senza nessuno che ci metta su e ci dia da rappresentare qualche scena. C'è, come vorrei dire? la forma, e ci manca il contenuto!—Siamo peggio dei veri consiglieri segreti di Enrico IV; perché sì, nessuno neanche a loro aveva dato da rappresentare una parte; ma essi, almeno, non sapevano di doverla rappresentare: la rappresentavano perché la rappresentavano: non era una parte, era la loro vita, insomma; facevano i loro interessi a danno degli altri; vendevano le investiture, e che so io. Noi altri, invece, siamo qua, vestiti così, in questa bellissima Corte... —per far che? niente... Come sei pupazzi appesi al muro, che aspettano qualcuno che li prenda e che li muova così o così e faccia dir loro qualche parola.

Disponibile da: 14/10/2015.

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