The Author-and-actor poetics of Dario Fo in the Central European context (Dario Fo and his Little Actor’s Manual in the context of his theatre) Cover Image

Autorsko-herecká poetika Daria Foa v stredoeurópskom kontexte (Dario Fo a jeho Malý manuál herca v kontexte jeho divadla)
The Author-and-actor poetics of Dario Fo in the Central European context (Dario Fo and his Little Actor’s Manual in the context of his theatre)

Author(s): Dagmar Sabolová-Princic
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a continuation of Prečo je Dario Fo nositeľom Nobelovej ceny? (What Makes Dario Fo the Nobel Prize Winner?), published in Slovak Theatre No. 4/2009. This time, the author-and-actor poetics of Dario Fo is in the centre of attention; it is analysed and recreated against the backdrop of the comparisons with theatre theoreticians, such as Konstantin Stanislavsky, Bertoldt Brecht, Luca Ronconi, and also Jerzy Grotowski. What one finds in Dario Fo is Stanislavsky’s identification with the character, however, without the mystic element, Brecht’s educated actor, however, without the effect of alienation, the simplicity of costumes and the stage typical of the poor theatre. This blend, or collage if you will, of several well-known 20th century theatre techniques, enriched with internalisation and currentness and the updating of the joculator theatre technique, add a flair of originality to Fo’s author-and-actor poetics.

  • Issue Year: 58/2010
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 612-618
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Slovak