Dario Fo - Writer of The Devil in Drag

Dario Fo was born on 24th March 1926 (he is currently 87 years old). He is an Italian actor-playwright, comedian, singer, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter and political campaigner. He wrote The Devil in Drag which we are currently studying.

He also won a Nobel prize in 1997 in Literature.

He wrote the following plays (however he has written many more):

• Una donna tutta sola (A Woman Alone, title changed to Adult Orgasm Escapes from the Zoo for a 1983 performance)
• La mamma fricchettona (Freak Mother)
• 1977 – l’Uomo incinto (The pregnant man)
• 1978 – La storia della tigre (The Tale of a Tiger)
• 1981 – Clacson, trombette e pernacchi (Trumpets and Raspberries)
• 1983 – Coppia aperta, quasi spalancata (The Open Couple)
• 1995 – Leonardo: The Flight, the Count and the Amours
• 1997 – Il diavolo con le zinne (The Devil with Boobs)
• 2003 – The Two-Headed Anomaly
• 2009 – Francis The Holy Jester

His plays have been translated into 30 languages and have been performed across the world, including in places such as: Argentina, Chile, England, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka.

 

His work covers the subjects such as: Abortion, war, sexism, Roman Catholic Theology, power, organised crime, racism, drug addiction, European history, corruption, mechanisation, assassinations and conspicuous consumption.