Accidental death of an anarchist Flashcards
Who wrote Accidental Death of An Anarchist?
Dario Fo
When was Accidental Death of An Anarchist first performed?
1970
When was the Piazza Fontana bombing?
12th December 1969
Who was Giuseppe Pinelli?
An anarchist railway worker who was suspected of being involved in the bombing because of his political affiliation.
When did Giuseppe Pinelli die?
15th December 1969
How did Giuseppe Pinelli die?
He was seen to fall to his death from a fourth-floor window of the Milan police station. His death was widely believed to have been caused by members of the police force.
Who was Luigi Calabresi?
An Italian police officer in Milan. He was shot dead by the Lotta Continua and was thought to be the cause of Giuseppe Pinelli’s death.
What was Lotta Continua?
In 1969, a labour movement fuelled by a large-scale migration from southern Italy northward collided with student protests in Turin to form the revolutionary group Lotta Continua (LC, Continuous Struggle).
What is the plot?
Accidental Death of an Anarchist illustrates the malleable nature of truth. The police manipulate the truth to cover up their corrupt actions, The Fool manipulates the truth to expose corruption, and The Reporter manipulates the truth to tell the story that she believes will benefit her career.
What is Commedia dell’arte?
Commedia dell’arte is a theatrical form characterised by improvised dialogue and a cast of colourful stock characters. The style emerged in northern Italy in the fifteenth century and rapidly gained popularity throughout Europe.
What is the Arlecchino?
Also known as the Harlequin, they were characterised by sharpness and self-interest; much of their success depended on improvised action and topical jokes.
What is the Il Dottore?
Dottore’s contribution to the action of the play consisted of a kind of ineffectual wandering about while talking continuously. His long-winded disquisitions, scholarly puns, and malapropisms were spoken in a jargon of Latin jumbled with local dialect.
What is the Capitano?
He was the prototype of a pretentious but cowardly military man.
Who was Franca Rame?
Franca Rame was a left-wing militant and one of Italy’s most beloved playwrights and stage actors.
Who was Camilla Cederna?
The journalist Camilla Cederna was a high society rebel. She was born in 1911 into a wealthy Milanese family and gained notoriety for penning a scathing gossip piece for a weekly news magazine.
