What did Dario Fo write?
Fo wrote more than 80 plays, coauthoring some of them with Rame. Among his most popular plays are Morte accidentale di un anarchico (1970; Accidental Death of an Anarchist) and Non si paga, non si paga! (1974; We Can’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!).
What are the themes in Accidental Death of an Anarchist?
Accidental Death of an Anarchist is mainly about police corruption, underscored by the play’s focus on impersonation, infiltration, and double-talk.
Where Was Accidental Death of an Anarchist first performance?
December 5, 1970
Accidental Death of an Anarchist/First performance
What is the actual incident that the play Accidental Death of an Anarchist is based on?
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST is based on real-life events involving the Italian rail worker and anarchist, Giuseppe Pinelli, who died under mysterious circumstances while in police custody in 1969. Pinelli, accused of the notorious Piazza Fontana bombing, was cleared of the charges after his death.
Is it illegal to be an anarchist?
Federal. At the federal level, criminal anarchy is criminalized by 18 U.S.C. ยง 2385, which makes it an offense punishable by 20 years’ imprisonment to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government. Violation of this statute can also result in losing one’s U.S. citizenship.
Do anarchists believe in private property?
Anarchists generally agree that private property is a social relationship between the owner and persons deprived (not a relationship between person and thing), e.g. artifacts, factories, mines, dams, infrastructure, natural vegetation, mountains, deserts and seas.
Who was Dario Fo and what did he do?
Dario Fo is an Italian actor-playwright, and director. Fo’s work, influenced by Bertholt Brecht and Antonio Gramsci, was political. Fo was inspired by ‘illegitimate’ theatre and used it to his advantage of creating satirical plays towards right-winged parties.
Why did Dario Fo want to kill Pinelli?
Fo believed that Pinelli’s death was a plot executing a string of bombings, made by right-wing extremist to undermine the Italian Communist Party that they were leftists terrorists.
Why was Franca Rame kidnapped by Dario Fo?
Fo and his wife continued openly to criticise the Italian police force throughout the early 1970s and in 1973 Franca Rame was kidnapped by an extreme Right-wing gang and left bleeding in the street. Fo himself was later arrested and imprisoned in Sardinia for refusing to be present during rehearsals of his plays.
How did Mark Blanco of accidental death of an anarchist die?
Blanco death. Actor Mark Blanco, who was cast in the lead role for Accidental Death of an Anarchist at a London fringe theatre, died in unexplained circumstances in December 2006 shortly before the production was about to open. Blanco fell to the ground from a balcony in Whitechapel, East London.