{"product_id":"9780413156105","title":"Accidental Death of an Anarchist","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAccidental Death of an Anarchist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dario Fo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its first two years of production in Italy, Dario Fo's notorious Accidental Death of an Anarchist was seen by over half a million people. It has since been performed all over the world, and become a classic of twentieth-century drama. A sharp and hilarious satire on police corruption, it concerns the case of an anarchist railway worker who, in 1969, 'fell' to his death from a police headquarters window.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes.' (Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A marvellous concept: a zany political farce.' (Michael Billington) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition has been adapted by Gavin Richards from Gillian Hanna's translation and features an introduction by Stuart Hood and a preface by Dario Fo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrowminded left-wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes.” —Inspector Bertozzo, Central Italian Police HQ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A marvellous concept: a zany political farce.” —\u003ci\u003eMichael Billington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413156105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592866214094,"sku":"9780413156105","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_dbe6f86e-6411-4c58-aadd-4f1b6c459579.jpg?v=1637776261","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413156105","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}