Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Mimi D'Aponte
In the following essay excerpt, D'Aponte provides an overview of Fo's career and works, including his reception in the United States.
Mimi D'Aponte
In the following essay excerpt, D'Aponte provides an overview of Fo's career and works, including his reception in the United States.
Clowns are grotesque blashpemers against all our pieties. That's why we need them. They're our alter egos.
—Dario Fo, Cambridge, May 1987
Americans writing about theatre have been pronouncing Dario Fo's work extraordinary, whether for performance or political reasons, or for both. "For the past decade," claimed Joel Schechter in 1985, "Dario Fo has been Europe's most...
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