Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970)

Keep this in mind for next year. Alasse likes it.

Uma sátira da corrupção política, centrada em um caso que ocorreu na Itália em 1969, mas universal. Pensei em Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto: o suspeito pede um advogado, e os policias respondem rindo: "Onde você pensa que está, na América?". E, é claro, na corrupção e brutalidade da polícia brasileira e das polícias de toda a América Latina. ( )

Accidental Death is a comical farce about a trickster who pretends to be investigating the death of an anarchist who was in police custody. As with many a trickster, he is the one to point out the absurdities and not only give the audience a laugh but also teach them a little something. The play is based on the story of a real person, but the events are made up. Read it. ( )

Book Description:
In its first two years of production, Dario Fo's notorious Accidental Death of An Anarchist was seen by over a half a million people. It has since been performed all over the world, and become a classic. 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 headquaters window.

About the Author:
One of the major theatrical artists of the 20th century, Italy's Dario Fo, togther with Franca Rame, his wife and creative partner, have been creating a theatrical foray uniquely their own for more than fifty years. One of the world's most produced playwrights, Fo was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature. ( )

Comic mayhem, with the protagonist’s point reasoned to pure genius. The hero of this play runs verbal circles around everyone in his path. ( )