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In what ways do the comic techniques in Dario Fo’s ‘Accidental death of an anarchist’ highlight the issues in the play?’
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Lydia Koshiw (PALL) In what ways do the comic techniques in Dario Fo's 'Accidental death of an anarchist' highlight the issues in the play?' In 1970 a left wing Italian playwright, Dario Fo, wrote a politically based play, 'Accidental death of an anarchist', he labelled it a 'Farce of power'(Dario Fo, authors note). The play is based on a true event in Italian history. On December the 12th 1969 a bomb exploded in a Milan bank, killing more than 16 people, the blame was immediately put on the anarchists, the States' scapegoat. One anarchist, Pinelli, miraculously 'flew' out of a fourth-floor window during questioning by police. The death was labelled suicide and the anarchists made public enemy no.1. The play 'accidental death of an anarchist', rooted in tragedy, is overall, a comedy, it uses facts and documents from the massacre investigation and turns them on their heads. The play itself...
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