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A Nobel for two : a documentary on Dario Fo and Franca Rame
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A Nobel for two : a documentary on Dario Fo and Franca Rame

Author: Filippo PiscopoLorena LucianoGiovanni MaggiDario FoFranca RameAll authors
Publisher: South Fremantle, Western Australia : Distributed by Contemporary Arts Media, [200-?]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : ItalianView all editions and formats
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Portrays the life and career of this Italian husband and wife duo of actors and playwrights, who are best known for their satirical and politically radical theater presentations. When Dario Fo received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997, he shared the honor with his wife. Their work was censored for more than seventeen years in Italy and they were twice denied U.S. entry visas on political grounds. The video  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Documentary films
Biography
Named Person: Dario Fo; Franca Rame
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Filippo Piscopo; Lorena Luciano; Giovanni Maggi; Dario Fo; Franca Rame; Contemporary Arts Media (Firm)
OCLC Number: 191852406
Language Note: In Italian and English, with English subtitles.
Notes: Originally produced in 1998.
Credits: Interviews by Lorena Luciano; director of photography, Michelo Capasso.
Description: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD-R, NTSC.
Other Titles: Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Dario Fo & Franca Rame
Responsibility: directed, edited and produced by Filippo Piscopo, Lorena Luciano ; kindly co-produced by Giovanni Maggi.

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Portrays the life and career of this Italian husband and wife duo of actors and playwrights, who are best known for their satirical and politically radical theater presentations. When Dario Fo received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997, he shared the honor with his wife. Their work was censored for more than seventeen years in Italy and they were twice denied U.S. entry visas on political grounds. The video features performance excerpts from classic Dario Fo plays such as Mistero Buffo and Accidental Death of an Anarchist, plus interviews with Fo and Rame, and numerous theatrical colleagues and associates, both here and abroad, including Robert Brustein and Robert Orchard of the American Repertory Theatre."--Container.

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