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DARIO FO   (1926 - )
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Adaptations - Translations of Plays by Dario Fo

STEPHEN STENNING
Abducting Diana
1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival
1994
Company:
-
1st Published:
Oberon Books, London
1986
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo, translation by Rupert Lowe
Synopsis:
Millionaire media boss, Diana Forbes-McKaye, is kidnapped - but the ruthless magnate proves more resourceful than her clumsy abductors. Are things what they seem? Who masterminded the abduction? Who has the television rights to this premier media event? Into this cocktail of chaos, Fo adds a gun-toting priest, a deranged altar boy, a kidnapper hiding in the fridge, pyromania and an explosive climax.
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RON JENKINS
About Face
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1989
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Gianni Agnelli the head of fiat plans to replace 25,000 worker with robots when he has a car accident, plastic surgery transforms him, who is the real man
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ALAN CUMMING
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with Tim Supple
Synopsis:
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ED EMERY
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
2006
Company:
Ashkhan Candey
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
brings the play into the 2000s with many topical references
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JOE FARRELL
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
Glasgow, Citizens
2005
Company:
Borderline TC
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Play
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
brilliantly ipdated Scots vernacular translation makes powerful use of the origins whilst creating parallels to the events of the early 2000's
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RICHARD NELSON
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
Washington D.C.
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1987
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; translation by Suzanne Cowan
Synopsis:
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SIMON NYE
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
2003
Company:
-
1st Published:
2005
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Highly contentious and subversive at the time of its first production in Milan in December 1970, Accidental Death of an Anarchist has since become one of Fo's best known and translated texts. Based on a true-life story it throws in to relief the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy. Simon Nye's superb translation brings out the parallels with our situation today in witty, contemporary dialogue.
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GAVIN RICHARDS
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
Dartington College, Devon
1979
Company:
Belt & Braces
1st Published:
Pluto Press, London
1980
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; translated by Gillian Hanna
Synopsis:
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TIM SUPPLE
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; translation by Gillian Hanna
Synopsis:
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GILLIAN HANNA
Alice in Wonderless Land
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translated
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Revival
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A M GIUGNI
Archangels Don't Play Pinball
1st Produced:
Bristol
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Play with Music
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with R C McAvoy
Synopsis:
the depiction of a single man caught in the maze of government bureaucracy
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ROY JENKINS
Archangels Don't Play Pinball
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1989
Genre:
Play with Music
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
the depiction of a single man caught in the maze of government bureaucracy
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R C MCAVOY
Archangels Don't Play Pinball
1st Produced:
Bristol
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Play with Music
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with A M Giugn
Synopsis:
the depiction of a single man caught in the maze of government bureaucracy
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BILL COLVILL
Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
1st Produced:
London
1981
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Farce
-
Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with Robert Walker, translated by Lino Pertile
Synopsis:
centres on direct action by housewives against inflationary supermarket prices and struggles with their communist trade unionist husbands
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ROBERT WALKER
Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
1st Produced:
Criterion, London
1981
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Farce
-
Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with Bill Conville, translated by Lino Pertile
Synopsis:
centres on direct action by housewives against inflationary supermarket prices and struggles with their communist trade unionist husbands
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ED EMERY
Coming Home
1st Produced:
Soho Poly, London
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
One Act
Translation
Parts:
Male
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo and Franca rame
Synopsis:
a married woman's sexual liberation
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GILLIAN HANNA
Common Woman, A
1st Produced:
1989
Company:
Monstrous Regiment
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
three short Plays
Translation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo and Franca Rame. "Bless Me Father For I have Sinned", "The Rape", "Coming Home"
Synopsis:
set at the point where reality and ideology rub up against each other, Franca Rame and Dario Fo's monologues are vivid, concise and entertaining comments on the female condition.
- Alex Renton, Independant
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ANNE RIDLER
Coronation Of Poppea, The
1st Produced:
London
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Operas of Monteverdi", Calder & Boyers, London
1992
Genre:
libretto
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with Robert Walker, translated by Lino Pertile
Synopsis:
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ANNE RIDLER
Cosi Fan Tutte
1st Produced:
London
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Perpetua Press, Oxford
1987
Genre:
libretto
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with Tim Supple
Synopsis:
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JOHN LASKIN
Devil With Boobs, The
1st Produced:
2002
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
-
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GILLIAN HANNA
Elizabeth
1st Produced:
Half Moon, London
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
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RON JENKINS
Elizabeth Almost by Chance A Woman
1st Produced:
New Haven, Conneticet
1987
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1989
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; Assisted by Arturo Curso
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; Assisted by Arturo Curso
Synopsis:
In 1601 a bawdy dealer in patent medicines ideas contrast with Queen Elizabeth 1st's paranoid fears
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OLWEN WYMARK
Female Parts
1st Produced:
London
1981
Company:
-
1st Published:
Pluto Press, London
1981
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo and Franca Rame; Includes Waking Up, A Woman Alone, The Same Old Story, Medea
Synopsis:
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ED EMERY
First Miracle Of The Infant Jesus, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Oberon Books, London
1997
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
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TONY KUSHNER
Good Person Of Setzuan, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
in manuscript French, New York
-
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
18
Female
11
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with A M Giugn
Synopsis:
three gods appear on a mission - to find one really 'good' person. A kindly prostitute
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NOEL GREIG
Good Sisters, The
1st Produced:
1991
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translated
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with Bill Convill, translated by Lino Pertile
Synopsis:
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JULIAN MITCHELL
Half-Life
1st Produced:
1977
Company:
-
1st Published:
Heinemann, London
1977
Genre:
Drama
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with A M Giugn
Synopsis:
famous archaeologist whose work has been shown by the latest scientific methods to be based on false premises examines his whole life in consequence
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HELEN RUSSELL
He Who Steals A Foot is Lucky In Love
1st Produced:
Glasgow
1983
Company:
-
1st Published:
unpublished
-
Genre:
Two Act Play
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
mixed cast
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
men steal the foot of Mercury from a museum and plant it on two building speculators
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GILLIAN HANNA
Medea
1st Produced:
Medea, London
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translated
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Revival
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ED EMERY
Mistero Buffo
1st Produced:
London
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
flexible casting 10 max
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
satirical and controversial interpretations of the gospels in a series of short pieces
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JOE FARRELL
Mistero Buffo
1st Produced:
Dundee Rep/tour
2003
Company:
Borderline TC
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Play
-
Parts:
Male
1
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo. Adabted by Morag Fullarton & Joseph Farrell. Translated by Ed Emery
Synopsis:
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MORAG FULLARTON
Mistero Buffo
1st Produced:
Dundee Rep/tour
2003
Company:
Borderline TC
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Play
-
Parts:
Male
1
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo. Adabted by Morag Fullarton & Joseph Farrell. Translated by Ed Emery
Synopsis:
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ED EMERY
Mother, The
1st Produced:
Soho Poly, London
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
One Act
Translation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo and Franca rame
Synopsis:
monologue by the mother of a terrorist
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ED EMERY
Open Couple, The
1st Produced:
London
1985
Company:
-
1st Published:
unpublished
-
Genre:
1 Act
-
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
about a couple in crisis
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STUART HOOD
Open Couple, The
1st Produced:
Camden Studio , London
1993
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo with Franca Rape. Trs Stuart Hood
Synopsis:
-
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LUIS ASSIS
Peep Show
1st Produced:
Greenwich Playhouse, London
2001
Company:
Requiem Productions
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Play
-
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with R C McAvoy
Synopsis:
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ED EMERY
Pope And The Witch, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Oberon Books, London
1997
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
13 characters
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Pope John Paul II explains it all in this wild send up of Catholicism and politics
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JOAN HOLDEN
Pope And The Witch, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
1997
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
15
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Pope John Paul II explains it all in this wild send up of Catholicism and politics
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ANNE RIDLER
Return Of Ulysses, The
1st Produced:
London
1978
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "The Operas of Monteverdi", Calder & Boyers, London
1992
Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; with R C McAvoy
Synopsis:
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T SCHNNELL
Seventh Commandment : Thou Shall Steal A Bit Less
1st Produced:
Queensland, Australia
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
unpublished
-
Genre:
Two Act Play
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
mixed cast
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
cemetery to be demolished by speculators and nuns giving electro shock therapy
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SANDRA COMASIO
Seventh Commandment, The
1st Produced:
1971
Company:
Belgium National TC
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translation
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
large cast
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
-
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A M GIUGNI
Tumpets And Raspberries
1st Produced:
London
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
13
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with R C McAvoy
Synopsis:
a terrorist attack and a body needing plastic surgery are the ingredients of the farce
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R C MCAVOY
Tumpets And Raspberries
1st Produced:
London
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
13
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with A M Giugn
Synopsis:
a terrorist attack and a body needing plastic surgery are the ingredients of the farce
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KATIE DYMOKE
Two Pistols
1st Produced:
Cardiff
1985
Company:
-
1st Published:
unpublished
-
Genre:
Three Act Play
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
mixed cast
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; aka He Had Two Pistols with White and Black Eyes
Synopsis:
story of a bandit whose two sided character is portrayed through the use of doubles in the tradition of Greek and Roman theatre
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JOE FARRELL
Virtuous Burglar, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
1 Act
-
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
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ROBERT WALKER
We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay!
1st Produced:
Half Moon, London
1978
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London
-
Genre:
Farce
-
Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo; written in collaboration with Bill Convill, translated by Lino Pertile
Synopsis:
centres on direct action by housewives against inflationary supermarket prices and struggles with their communist trade unionist husbands
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R G DAVIS
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1984
Genre:
Adapatation/translation
-
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
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GILLIAN HANNA
Woman Alone, A
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
Genre:
Translated
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
Revival
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DAVID HIRST
Worker Knows 300 Words, The Boss Knows 1,000 - That's Why He's The Boss, The
1st Produced:
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
unpublished
-
Genre:
Two Act Play
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
mixed cast
Notes:
Original Playwright - Dario Fo
Synopsis:
books cause speculation for workers clearing them to make way for a billiard's table
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