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.
ISBN: | 9780413156105 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Imprint: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |
Published date: | 12 Mar 1987 |
DEWEY: | 822.914 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Sales rank: | 1736 |
Number of pages: | 80 |
Weight: | 102g |
Height: | 198mm |
Width: | 129mm |
Spine width: | 8mm |