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DARIO FO: THE BIRTH OF A CLOWN

Summary/Abstract: The study maps the work of an Italian performer and Nobel Prize winner for literature Dario Fo. Its base is a brief recap of the most significant episodes of Fo’s early career. The biographical part includes the comic’s first interactions with professional theatre, his experience with film, television and the emergence of his first theatre associations. There are also some basic ideas outlined, which inspired the form and content of Fo’s theatre. Dario Fo’s dramatic work is analyzed through two titles that represent the main lines of his productions. The first line consists of a clown comedy (genre called giullarata) in which Mistero Buffo is the most important. The predominantly monologic forms, inspired by folk theatre, are mainly characterized by the grammelot language and the emphasis is placed on the performance and voice skills of the performer. In the second line, the attention of the author of the study focuses on grotesque comedies, represented by the farce Morte accidentale di un anarchico. The play inspired by an actual event has responded to the current social context and stimulated social debate. At the same time, the genesis analysis of both works reveals Dario Fo’s creative processes.

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