We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! and Other Plays: The Collected Plays of Dario Fo, Volume 1Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature In the words of his translator, Ron Jenkins: "The Nobel committee's decision to honor Fo as a master of literature is a historic tribute to the theatre, which is still viewed by many as literature's bastard child; it is also the first time that the Nobel for the literary arts has been awarded to an actor. This courageous and controversial choice indirectly expands the modern definition of literature to include the power of the spoken word." Volume One includes: |
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We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! and Other Plays: The Collected Plays ..., Volume 1 Dario Fo Limited preview - 2001 |
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! and Other Plays: The Collected Plays ..., Volume 1 Dario Fo No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
Agnelli American Repertory Theatre ANGELA ANTONIA ARCHANGELS DON'T PLAY ASSASSIN baby bastards belly BIG MAMA BLONDIE Calm cannolis chair CHANCE A WOMAN cheep-cheep CLERK CONDUCTOR crazy DARIO FO DOCTOR door DOUBLE EGERTON ELIZABETH Essex everything Excuse face Fo and Rame Fo's Franca Rame Friends GENTLEMAN Gianni Agnelli GIOVANNI give goes going grabs GRAVEDIGGER Hamlet hand happened husband INSPECTOR jacket joke JUDGE Labrador retriever LANKY Lanky's laugh leave Listen look LUCIA LUIGI madam MARGHERITA Marisa Tomei MARTHA MAYOR Mimes Mistero Buffo move never offstage pants PLAY PINBALL police Policeman priest pulls queen Ron Jenkins ROSA SECOND DOGCATCHER SENATOR SERGEANT shouting slap sorry spit spitting image stop stuff suitcase Sunny sure talking tell theatre There's thing THOMAS translation TRANSVESTITE TROOPER turn voice Wait walk What's who's wife window Yeah