
Dario Fo
Born
March 24, 1926
Died
October 13, 2016 (90 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Sangiano, Varese, Italy
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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".
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Known For

Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
Self (archive footage)
2018

La voce di Fantozzi
Sé stesso
2017

Callas
2015

27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Self
2014
Woodstock 5 Stelle
Dario Fo
2010

Vittorio D.
Self
2009

Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
Self
2008

Forbidden Grass
2002

Venetian Rascal Goes to America
Johan Padan anziano (voice)
2002
Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese
Himself
2002

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self · (1 episode)
2002

How the Toys Saved Christmas
Scarafoni (voice)
1996

Musica per vecchi animali
Lucio Lucertola
1989

I promessi sposi
Azzeccagarbugli · (5 episodes)
1989

Sempre più difficile
self
1981

Domenica è sempre domenica
1958

March's Child
(uncredited)
1958
Villini a sorpresa
1958

Rascel-Fifì
Pupo - il biondo
1957

The Screwball
Achille
1956

Elementary School
Tipografo
1954