Dario Fo

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-03-24

Deathday 2016-10-13 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Sangiano, Varese, Italy

Dario Fo

Biography

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.

Known For

Writer

2024
The Open Couple

as Theatre Play

2020
Não Vamos Pagar Nada

as Theatre Play

2015
Callas

as Writer

1988
A Woman Alone

as Author

1979
Platiť sa nebude!

as Theatre Play

1957
Rascel-Fifì

as Screenplay

1957
It Happened in Rome

as Screenplay

1956
The Screwball

as Writer

1954
Rosso e nero

as Writer

Actor

2018
Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life

as Self (archive footage)

2017
La voce di Fantozzi

as Sé stesso

2015
2010
Woodstock 5 Stelle

as Dario Fo

2009
Vittorio D.

as Self

2002
Venetian Rascal Goes to America

as Old Johan Padan (voice)

1996
How the Toys Saved Christmas

as Scarafoni (voice)

1989
Musica per vecchi animali

as Lucio Lucertola

1989
I promessi sposi

as Azzeccagarbugli

1958
March's Child

as (uncredited)

1957
Rascel-Fifì

as Pupo - il biondo

1956
The Screwball

as Achille

1954
Elementary School

as Tipografo

Art

2005
The Newspaper

as Production Design

2005
Rossini: La Gazzetta

as Set Designer

Director

1957
It Happened in Rome

as First Assistant Director