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Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Dario Fo

Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

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Title	:	Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Author	:	Dario Fo
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Methuen student editions
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	October 16th 2003 by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (first published 1970)
Categories	:	Plays. Drama. Fiction. Nobel Prize

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In its first two years of production, Dario Fo's controversial farce, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, was seen by over half a million people. It has since been performed all over the world and is widely recognised as a classic of modern drama. A sharp and hilarious satire on political corruption, it concerns the case of an anarchist railway worker who, in 1969, 'fell' to his death from a police headquarters window.

This version of the play was premiered in London in 2003.

Commentary and notes by Joseph Farrell.

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Original Title:	Morte accidentale di un anarchico
ISBN:	0413772675 (ISBN13: 9780413772671)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Inspector Bertozzo, the Maniac
Setting:	Milan,1969(Italy)

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HILARIOUS! I have only come across fewer books that made me burst out with unexpected violent fits of laughter as this one did. Fo's play has the commedia-dellarte touch. Fo's character, Maniac is a harliquien-like character, leads the members of a police station somewhere in a city, through a dizzying investigation around the questionable death of an anarchist who mysteriously, had "thrown" himself from a four story window during the course of police investigation. ....really, it's quite

Morte Accidentale di un Anarchico = Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Dario FoAccidental Death of an Anarchist is a play by Italian playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature winner Dario Fo. Considered a classic of 20th-century theater, it has been performed across the world in more than forty countries. The play opens with Inspector Francesco Bertozzo interrogating a clever, quick-witted and mischievous fraudster, simply known as the Maniac, in Bertozzo's office on the third floor of the police

They want a revolution, and we'll give them reforms lots of reforms, we'll drown them in reforms. Or rather, we'll drown them with promises of reforms, because we'll never give them real ones, either!

The play is based on the real life event - the death of an anarchist, Giuseppe Pinelli (never named in play) who committed suicide by jumping, or fell or was thrown from a police station's window after being accused of bombing a bank. He was later cleared of the charge. The imagined events of Fo's play occur sometime after that. The protagonist, simply called Maniac is one of the funniest characters in all plays I have read - he is a bit like Jack Sparrow, in that until the end there is no way

As Fo's original version had some locally specific politics (Italy), this version is one that was adapted for the American stage & added some American politics instead (in this case, some Ronald Reagan-era jabs). It was an over-the-top, almost slapstick style farce that was a quick, enjoyable read. If done right, I think seeing a stage version might be a hoot. Makes me wish I were in NYC right now, heading to a small theater to see a performance of this, followed by a stop for some great

How I wish I had discovered the work of Dario Fo before now! It is exactly to my taste. This brilliant play is a perfect demonstration of how farcical comedy can be used as a powerful tool in the serious examination of important issues. Scorning the ideals of 'catharsis' Fo seeks not to remove tension from his audience but to leave them feeling a motivating anger that will inspire them to help to create positive changes in their society. Laughter is the fuel of this anger, not an end in itself.

Brilliant. Scathing. Rich in possibility for actors, designers, and audiences. American theatre does not have nearly enough political satire.