Dario Fo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dario Fo (born 24 March 1926) is an Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. His dramatic work employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical style popular with the working classes. Fo's works are characterised by criticisms of organised crime, political corruption, political murders, most of the Catholic Church doctrine and conflict in the Middle East. His plays often depend on improvisation, commedia dell'arte style. His plays, especially Mistero Buffo, have been translated into 30 languages and, when performed outside Italy, they are often modified to reflect local political and other issues. Fo encourages directors and translators to modify his plays as they see fit, as he finds this in accordance to the commedia dell'arte tradition of on-stage improvisation. Fo currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife, actress Franca Rame. Upon awarding him the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, the committee highlighted Fo as a writer "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden". Description above from the Wikipedia article Dario Fo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2018 · Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · La voce di Fantozzi as Sé stesso
- 2015 · Callas as
- 2014 · 27 aprile Racconto di un evento as Self
- 2010 · Woodstock 5 Stelle as Dario Fo
- 2009 · Vittorio D. as Self
- 2008 · Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 as Self
- 2002 · Venetian Rascal Goes to America as Old Johan Padan (voice)
- 2002 · Das Jahrhundert des Theaters as Self
- 1996 · How the Toys Saved Christmas as Scarafoni (voice)
- 1989 · Musica per vecchi animali as Lucio Lucertola
- 1989 · I promessi sposi as Azzeccagarbugli
- 1981 · Sempre più difficile as self
- 1958 · Domenica è sempre domenica as
- 1958 · March's Child as (uncredited)
- 1958 · Villini a sorpresa as
- 1957 · Rascel-Fifì as Pupo - il biondo
- 1956 · The Screwball as Achille
- 1954 · Elementary School as Tipografo
- Future · Io non sono un moderato as