
Dario Fo
Biography
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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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Acting (17 movies)

Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
2008

Domenica è sempre domenica
1958

Sempre più difficile
1981

Venetian Rascal Goes to America
2002

How the Toys Saved Christmas
1996

The Screwball
1956

Elementary School
1954

Musica per vecchi animali
1989

Callas
2015

Vittorio D.
2009

La voce di Fantozzi
2017

Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
2018

March's Child
1958

Rascel-Fifì
1957

27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014

Forbidden Grass
2002

Bandiera Viola
2010
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Rosso e nero | 1954 | Writer |
| The Screwball | 1956 | Writer |
| It Happened in Rome | 1957 | Screenplay |
| Rascel-Fifì | 1957 | Screenplay |
| Vi betaler ikke, vi betaler ikke | 1984 | Writer |
| The Accidental Death of an Anarchist | 1998 | Writer |
| Callas | 2015 | Writer |