num_pages: 112
description: 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 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.
language: English
title: Accidental Death of an Anarchist
titlecomplete: Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Modern Classics)
characters: Inspector Bertozzo, the Maniac
genres: Italy, Politics, Nobel Prize, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Literature, Plays, Fiction, Italian Literature
ratings_count: 4812
places: Milan, Lombardy
publisher: Methuen Drama