Dario Fo (1926–2016)
Author of Accidental Death of an Anarchist
About the Author
Dario Fo was born in Sangiano, Lombardy, Italy on March 24, 1926. He was educated at the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan. During World War II, he was conscripted into the army but fled and went into hiding with the help of his parents, who were active in the resistance. After the war, he became a show more stage designer but eventually became a playwright, director, and performer. He wrote more than 80 plays including Mistero Buffo (Comic Mystery), Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Fedayin, The Open Couple and an Ordinary Day, The Pope and the Witch, and Plays, Two written with his wife Franca Rame. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. He died on October 13, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Dario Fo
Methuen Student Editions : Fo : Accidental Death of an Anarchist {Nye} (2003) — Author — 139 copies, 2 reviews
Fo Plays: 1: Mistero Buffo; Accidental Death…; Trumpets and Raspberries; Virtuous Burglar; One Was Nude…… (1992) 84 copies, 2 reviews
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! And Other Works: The Collected Plays of Dario Fo, Volume One (2000) 51 copies
Fo Plays: 2: Can't Pay? Won't Pay!; Elizabeth; The Open Couple; An Ordinary Day (Contemporary Dramatists) (1994) 45 copies
Einer für alle, alle für einen. Verzeihung, wer ist hier eigentlich der Boß? Zufälliger Tod eines… (1995) 21 copies
The Pope and the Witch: and The First Miracle of the Baby Jesus (Modern Playwrights) (1998) 21 copies
Lezione sul Cenacolo di Leonardo da Vinci: Milano, cortile della Pinacoteca di Brera, 27 maggio 1999 (2001) 15 copies
Le commedie di Dario Fo VII: Morte accidentale di un anarchico; La signora e da buttare (1997) 8 copies
Er hatte zwei Pistolen und seine Augen waren schwarz und wei© Kom©œdie in 3 Akten mit Gesang (2000) 7 copies
Hilfe, das Volk kommt! Mit einem vollständigen Werkverzeichnis der Compagnia Dario Fo / Franca Rame. Tb (1998) 7 copies
Tutta casa, letto e chiesa (Testi del collettivo La comune. Nuova serie) — Author — 6 copies
Teatro comico 6 copies
Ballate e canzoni 5 copies
Il teatro politico di Dario Fo 4 copies
11: Storia vera di Piero d'Angera, che alla crociata non c'era: opera dello sghignazzo: Quasi per caso una… (1997) 4 copies
Claxon trombette e pernacchi 3 copies
L' anomalo bicefalo 3 copies
Fabulazzo osceno 3 copies
The Virtuous Burglar 2 copies
Parliamo di donne 2 copies
Offene Zweierbeziehung 2 copies
One Was Nude And One Wore Tails 2 copies
Ballade voor grote en kleine poppen 2 copies
Un dia cualquiera 1986 2 copies
Settimo: ruba un po' meno 2 copies
Trasmissione forzata II 2 copies
Il Fanfani rapito 2 copies
Leonardo e il Cenacolo 2 copies
Ci ragiono e canto 2 copies
An Ordinary Day 2 copies
La Giullarata 2 copies
Álbum: zerozero 1 copy
Η μεγάλη παντομίμα 1 copy
Pais de faula 2004 1 copy
La signora è da buttare 1 copy
Tutta casa, letto e chiesa 1 copy
L'anomalo bicefalo 1 copy
Lu santo Jullàre Francesco 1 copy
Settimo: ruba un pò meno 1 copy
Ubi Roi-Ubu Bas 1 copy
Trasmissione forzata 1° 1 copy
Aquí no paga ni Dios 1 copy
Autori Ritratti 44 1 — Author — 1 copy
Le commedie: L'Eroina Grasso è bello! Sesso? Grazie, tanto per gradire — Author — 1 copy
Pareja abierta 1983 1 copy
Κλέψε λιγότερο 1 copy
Le commedie vol 2 1 copy
Mistero buffo. Parte seconda 1 copy
Mistero buffo. Parte prima 1 copy
Compagni senza censura 1 copy
Kakofonie 1 copy
Opera Guffaw / The Heroine: The Brechtian Connection (Mellen Collectioin of Contemporary Italian Drama) (2015) 1 copy
Manuale minimo dell'attore I 1 copy
Trasmissione forzata I 1 copy
Elisabetta / Isabella, drei Karavellen und ein Scharlatan. Zwei Stücke und eine historische Nachbemerkung (1997) 1 copy
Dio li fa e poi li accoppia 1 copy
Die Frau zum Wegschmeißen und andere Stücke (Zufälliger Tod eines Anarchisten. Die Frau zum… (1980) 1 copy
Le commedie Fo 1 copy
Le commedie: 3 1 copy
Le commedie vol1 1 copy
Commedie 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Fo, Dario Luigi Angelo
- Birthdate
- 1926-03-24
- Date of death
- 2016-10-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Leggiuno-Sangiamo, Italy
- Place of death
- Mailand, Lombardei, Italien
- Cause of death
- respiratory disease
- Places of residence
- San Giano, Italy
Leggiuno-Sangiamo, Italy - Education
- Brera Academy, Milan
Milan Polytechnic - Occupations
- actor
film director
playwright
composer - Relationships
- Rame, Franca (wife)
- Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature, 1997)
Sonning Prize (1981)
Premio Eduardo (1985)
Obie Award (1986)
Agro Dolce Prize (1987)
Order of Saint Agatha (2002)
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Reviews
Very interesting, very frustrating. Fo wants us to believe that Lucrezia Borgia was the victim of bad men and really a very good person. Is he just composing a better story or wanting us to believe an alternate reality was really what happened? I don't know. But he clearly offered no evidence just a coherent telling of a story. There are no citations, just retellings. I wondered if all the names of the characters were changed to purely fictional characters would this be an interesting tale. It's the basing of this tale on real people that makes it so fascinating. Could this have been what really happened? Unlikely but maybe suspending disbelief is what makes this work. I had trouble buying the story. Too goody two shoes for my taste.… (more)
An AMAZING tour de force that is excellent in every scene and almost every line. It was a pleasure to read and was funny, cynical, deep and absurd at the same time. Dario Fo creates like no other-- this play is highly inventive and original. I recommend it for anyone interested in drama.
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- Works
- 241
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 2,550
- Popularity
- #10,070
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 39
- ISBNs
- 331
- Languages
- 19
- Favorited
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I really enjoyed the satire in this! Jenkins must have updated some of the text as there was at least on Hilary Clinton reference (!). I am sorry that I missed the first English production of this play, which happened at the ART not far from my home... however, even though it would be better to see it performed, this is a play that reads well. I look forward to reading some more Fo!… (more)