Dario Fo
Dario Fo
Dario Fois an Italian actor-playwright, comedian, singer, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, painter and political campaigner of the italian extremist left-wing, recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. "Arguably the most widely performed contemporary playwright in world theatre", much of his dramatic work depends on improvisation and comprises the recovery of "illegitimate" forms of theatre, such as those performed by giullari and, more famously, the ancient Italian style of commedia dell'arte...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 March 1926
CountryItaly
It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target.
When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.
Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you.
Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.
It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various techniques of rhythm and breathing, even with the rambling nonsense-speech of the 'grammelot.'
It is extremely dangerous to talk about limits or borders. It is vital, instead, that we remain completely open, that we are always involved, and that we aim to contribute personally in social events.
And he that will go to bed sober, Falls with the leaf still in October.
With comedy I can search for the profound.
Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.
A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.
Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.
Know how to live the time that is given you.
In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.