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245 10 a| Dario Foh| [electronic resource]:b| People's Court Jester;

250 a| 2nd ed.;

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300 a| 532 p.c| 08.500 x 05.500 in.;

440 0 a| Biography and Autobiography Ser.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| <P>The works of Fo number among the world's most performed plays. Tony Mitchell chronicles Fo's early theatrical and political development from the revue sketches and broad faces of the early 1950s to his more commercial hits of the 1960s. He explores Fo's collaborations with his wife, the actress Franca Rame, and their great international successes of key work of the 1970s and 1980s (including "Mistero Buffo," "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," "Can't Pay? Won't Pay , ""Female Parts," "Trumpets and Raspberries," "The Open Couple," "Elizabeth," and "The Pope and the Witch"). "People's Court Jester" now includes the more recent political and theatrical work of the Fos in the 1990s, leading up to the awarding of the Nobel prize.<P>This is a study of the myriad theatrical styles and genres which Fo employs in his stage work: his embodiment of the "guillare" or jester tradition; his borrowings from the "commedia dell'arte"; his use of techniques from circus, burlesque, satire, and Bertolt Brecht's Epic Theatre; his views on history, popular music, and storytelling. Mitchell also provides insight on translating Fo into English and includes an extensive chronology, bibliography, and production history of major events in Fo's long and colorful career.<P>"Dario Fo: People's Court Jester"--here revised for the third time--remains the first and only full-length study in English of the work of Dario Fo, the controversial Italian playwright, actor, director, songwriter, and political activist who received the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature.;

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Dario Fo People's Court Jester

Author/creator	Mitchell, Tony Author
Format	Electronic
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	New York : Bloomsbury USA Gordonsville : Macmillan [Distributor]
Description	532 p. 08.500 x 05.500 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Theater--Biography.

Series	Biography and Autobiography Ser.
Summary	Annotation <P>The works of Fo number among the world's most performed plays. Tony Mitchell chronicles Fo's early theatrical and political development from the revue sketches and broad faces of the early 1950s to his more commercial hits of the 1960s. He explores Fo's collaborations with his wife, the actress Franca Rame, and their great international successes of key work of the 1970s and 1980s (including "Mistero Buffo," "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," "Can't Pay? Won't Pay , ""Female Parts," "Trumpets and Raspberries," "The Open Couple," "Elizabeth," and "The Pope and the Witch"). "People's Court Jester" now includes the more recent political and theatrical work of the Fos in the 1990s, leading up to the awarding of the Nobel prize.<P>This is a study of the myriad theatrical styles and genres which Fo employs in his stage work: his embodiment of the "guillare" or jester tradition; his borrowings from the "commedia dell'arte"; his use of techniques from circus, burlesque, satire, and Bertolt Brecht's Epic Theatre; his views on history, popular music, and storytelling. Mitchell also provides insight on translating Fo into English and includes an extensive chronology, bibliography, and production history of major events in Fo's long and colorful career.<P>"Dario Fo: People's Court Jester"--here revised for the third time--remains the first and only full-length study in English of the work of Dario Fo, the controversial Italian playwright, actor, director, songwriter, and political activist who received the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780413733207
ISBN	0413733203 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780413733207
Stock number	00144959

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