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Book SynopsisThese essays cover all aspects of Dario Fo: as actor, playwright, performer and songwriter. They also provide historical background to his theatre, as well as in-depth analyses of specific works and the contribution of Franca Rame. Also included is a discussion of Fo's original artwork.
Table of ContentsIntroduction - the Poetics of Dario Fo, Joseph Farrell and Antoni Scuderi; An Actor's Theatre, Walter Valeri; The Rhythms of Resurrection - Onstage With Fo, Ron Jenkins; Updating Antiquity, Antonio Scuderi; ""Mistero Buffo"" - Negating Textual Certainty, the Individual and Time, Constantino Maeder; Fo and Ruzzante - Debts and Obligations, Joseph Farrell; ""The Moon is a Light Bulb"" and Other Stories - Fo, the Songwriter, Tony Mitchell; Dario Fo's ""Bourgeois Period"" - Carnival and Criticism, Bent Holm; ""Morte Accidentale"" in English, Jennifer Lorch; ""Parliamo di Donne"" - Feminism and Politics in the Theatre of Franca Rame, Sharon Wood; Tradition, Traditions and Dario Fo, Paolo Puppa; The Actor Who Writes - Dario Fo and the Nobel Prize, Joseph Farrell.
