Mistero Buffo: The Collected Plays of Dario Fo, Volume 2 - Softcover

Fo, Dario; Jenkins, Ron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559362715 ISBN 13: 9781559362719

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, 2005

Synopsis

Mistero Buffo is Dario Fo’s one-man tour de force, in which he creates his own subversive version of Biblical stories. Infused with the rhythmic drive of a jazz improvisation, the immediacy of a newspaper headline, and the epic scope of a historical novel, Fo and his wife/collaborator Franca Rame have performed Mistero Buffo throughout the world to over 10 million people.

One of the major theatrical artists of the twentieth century, Italy’s Dario Fo was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Ron Jenkins’ translations of Dario Fo have been performed across the country. He is the theater department chair at Wesleyan University.

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About the Author

One of the major theatrical artists of the 20th century, Italy's Dario Fo, togther with Franca Rame, his wife and creative partner, have been creating a theatrical foray uniquely their own for more than fifty years. One of the world's most produced playwrights, Fo was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature. Ron Jenkins holds a doctorate from Harvard and a masters in buffoonery from the Ringling Brothers Clown College. His translations of Dario Fo and Hoshua Sobol have been performed at theatres around the country. He is the author of Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Artful Laughter and is the chair and artistic director of the theatre department at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

Edition details

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1559362715
• ISBN 13: 9781559362719
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192