
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 headquarter...
Series: Modern Classics
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Methuen Drama; Reprint edition (September 7, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0413156109
ISBN-13: 978-0413156105
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
Amazon Rank: 392321
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HILARIOUS!...
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.