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Title:
Mistero Buffo / translated by Ron Jenkins ; based on the editing of Franca Rame.
Author:
Fo, Dario.

Rame, Franca.

Jenkins, Ronald Scott.
Publication Information:
New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2006.
Call Number:
PQ4866.O2 M513 2006
Abstract:
"Mistero Buffo is Dario Fo's theatrical masterpiece. Borrowing from the tradition of passion plays and techniques of medieval storytellers, Fo creates a populist interpretation of biblical stories, infused with the rhythmic drive of a jazz improvisation, the immediacy of a newspaper headline and the epic scope of a historical novel. Part political slapstick, part theological circus, this "comic mystery play" has been performed by Fo and his wife and creative partner, Franca Rame, throughout the world to an estimated ten million people."--Jacket.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781559362719
Series:
Collected plays of Dario Fo ; v. 2

Plays. English. Theatre Communications Group ; v. 2.
Physical Description:
xxxii, 169 pages ; 22 cm.
General Note:
"June 2006"--Title page verso.
Contents:
A Scandal of Epic Proportions: Mistero Buffo Translator's Introduction by Ron Jenkins -- Mistero Buffo -- The Birth of the Giullare -- The Birth of the Peasant -- The Rite of the Goats and Mammuthones -- The Massacre of the Innocents -- The First Miracle of the Child Jesus -- The Morality Play of the Blind Man and the Cripple -- The Madonna Meets the Marys -- The Resurrection of Lazarus -- The Miracle of the Wedding at Cana -- Fool's Play Under the Cross/The Crucifiers ("The Nailers") -- Mary Under the Cross -- The Story of Saint Benedetto of Norcia -- Death and the Fool -- Boniface VIII.
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