Dario Fo - Plays One - Mistero Buffo/Accidental Death of an Anarchist/Trumpets and Raspberries/The Virtuous Burglar/One Was Nude/ One More Tails
Author(s): Dario Fo
Mistero Buffo, or The Comic Mysteries, is based on research into mediaeval mystery plays; The Accidental Death of an Anarchist concerns the "accidental" (or not) death of an anarchist railwork who "fell" (or was pushed) to his death from a police headquarters window in 1969; Trumpets and Raspberries is "A deeply subversive farce" (The Guardian) in which the boss of Italy's biggest car manufacturer FIAT, is mistaken for a left wing terrorist.
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A popular and controversial playwright, actor and director, Dario Fo has earned international acclaim for his political satires and farces, and has led the field in political satire in Europe for over thirty years. His best known plays include Accidental Death of an Anarchist, We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, and Orgasmo Adulto Escapes from the Zoo. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997 for "emulating the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden."
General Fields
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- : Methuen Drama
- : Methuen Drama
- : 0.326
- : 29 February 1992
- : 198mm X 129mm X 26mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Dario Fo
- : Paperback
- : 852.914
- : very good
- : 382
- : Illustrations, facsims.