La ragione degli altri: Commedia in tre atti

by Luigi Pirandello

"La ragione degli altri: Commedia in tre atti" by Luigi Pirandello is a three-act comedy written in 1895 and first performed in 1915. When Livia discovers her husband Leonardo's affair and illegitimate daughter, she makes an unexpected choice. Rather than demanding separation, she proposes bringing the child into their own childless marriage. But this solution requires convincing the mother, Elena, to surrender her daughter for the sake of social respectability and the child's future—forcing her to accept "the reason of others" over her maternal bond.