Title: Morte accidentale di un anarchico
First published: 1980
Description: 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.
Subjects: Anarchists, Death, Drama, Italian Political plays, Police, Political plays, Italian, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
Places: Italy