Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Modern Plays)

by Dario Fo (Author), Dario Fo (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2003

  $16.50

  Based on a true-life story, this play throws into relief the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy. Simon Nye's translation brings out the parallels with our situation in the 21st century.

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $10.10

  A new translation of Fo's play which aims to be faithful to the clear-sighted insanity of the original. The author's other plays include Mistero Buffo , Trumpets and Raspberries and Archangels Don't Play Pinball .

• New

  Paperback
  1987

  $14.17

  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.