Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Modern Classics)

Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Modern Classics)

by Dario Fo (Author), Gillian Hanna (Translator), Gillian Hanna (Translator), Gavin Richards (Author), Dario Fo (Author), Gavin Richards (Author), Stuart Hood (Introduction), Simon Nye (Translator)

Synopsis

In its first two years of production in Italy, Dario Fo's notorious Accidental Death of an Anarchist was seen by over half a million people. It has since been performed all over the world, and become a classic of twentieth-century drama. A sharp and hilarious satire on police corruption, it concerns the case of an anarchist railway worker who, in 1969, 'fell' to his death from a police headquarters window. 'I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes.' (Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ) 'A marvellous concept: a zany political farce.' (Michael Billington) This edition has been adapted by Gavin Richards from Gillian Hanna's translation and features an introduction by Stuart Hood and a preface by Dario Fo.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
Edition: New Edition - New
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 12 Mar 1987

ISBN 10: 0413156109
ISBN 13: 9780413156105

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I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes. --Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ
A marvellous concept: a zany political farce. --Michael Billington

I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes. Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ

A marvellous concept: a zany political farce. Michael Billington


I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes. Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ

A marvellous concept: a zany political farce. Michael Billington


I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes. --Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ

A marvellous concept: a zany political farce. --Michael Billington

Author Bio
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.