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Dario Fo: People's Court Jester

Dario Fo: People's Court Jester

Mitchell, Tony

Paperback

Series: Biography and Autobiography

Entertainment & Performing ArtsLiterary Figures

ISBN10: 0413733203
ISBN13: 9780413733207
Publisher: A&c Black 3pl
Published: Oct 11 2006
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.51
Height: 1.41 Width: 5.62 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

The first and only full-length critical study of Dario Fo, the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature Winner


This book, now extensively rewritten and updated, remains the only full-length critical study to cover various phases of Dario Fo's theatrical career. It looks at Fo's political influences and also the influence on his work of various theatrical motifs, including the great clown traditions which stretch back to the middle ages. The political work of Dario Fo and his wife/collaborator Franca Rame is charted from the 1960s up to the present to give the reader clear insight into this playwright/performer's unique literary and theatrical strengths. Each of Fo's plays and productions is discussed at length and the author has included an extensive and updated bibliography which includes full production details, quotes and writings about Fo.Always a popular performer in his native Italy, Fo has been one of the world's most performed dramatists. In the author's words: he is the people's court jester.

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