Accidental death of an anarchist
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Dario Fo's controversial farce has been seen by over half a million people. It has been performed all over the world, and has 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. Simon Nye's witty translation updates and relocates the play close to contemporary England. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2003.
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done and dusted pretty funny enjoyed very much high recommended for hl english ib oral candidates
+ i can't imagine having to memorize these lines
i had to read this for school and let me just say that i knew it might have been a hard read but THE ENDING??? how it had two alternate endings I rlly likes that but omg idk why I had to read the last act over so many times I just didn't understand it until I was writing notes on it, but other than that I actually enjoyed it, I just wish there was more than one scene in act 2
“When we did the play about the death of Pinelli- Accidental Death of an Anarchist - we did it at another theatre nearby. The public had demanded the play. It was written quickly because there was a trial in Milan against a communist newspaper which had attacked the police, and the play involved these killings. So while the court was in daily session, we performed the play every night. The play would follow the trial and our audience discussions”
-Dario Fo, The Theatre of Dario
Link to the documentry The Theatre of Dario
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