Quick Facts About Dario Fo
- Born
- March 24, 1926
- Died
- October 13, 2016
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Theatre Director
- Notable works
- Morte accidentale di un anarchico
- Known for
- Can't Pay? Won't Pay!, Mistero Buffo, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Archangels Don't Play Pinball, Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman
- Spouse
- Franca Rame
About Dario Fo
Dario Luigi Angelo Fo was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. In his time he was "arguably the most widely performed contemporary playwright in world theatre". Much of his dramatic work depends on improvisation and comprises the recovery of "illegitimate" forms of theatre, such as those performed by giullari and, more famously, the ancient Italian style of commedia dell'arte.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
