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These 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.

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Introduction - 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.

Dario Fo Stage Text and Tradition

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/30/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780809323357, 978-0809323357
      ISBN10: 0809323354
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These 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 Contents
      Introduction - 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.

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