Accidental Death of an Anarchist: Methuen Student Edition

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Student edition of Fo's subversive drama based on a true-life story. A prisoner falls from a window at police headquarters, leading to a chain of events in which the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy is thrown into relief. Includes text, notes, commentary and background.Dario Fo was born in 1926. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997, he is a political activist and national hero, as well as Italy's most famous living playwright.


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In its first two years of production, Dario Fo's controversial farce, 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. A sharp and hilarious satire on political corruption, it concerns the case of an anarchist railway worker who, in 1969, 'fell' to his death from a police headquarters window. This version of the play was premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in February 2003.


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