Tricks of the Trade

Clown, political activist, playwright, actor: Dario Fo is an unclassifiable genius of the modern theatre. In his "mini-manual for actors", Fo lays bare the tools of his craft. With the assistance of his wife, playwright and actress Franca Rame, he explains how text, song, humor, mime and political intelligence can be fused into a brilliant "popular theatre". Fo has been described as a cross between Bertolt Brecht and Lenny Bruce. Attacking all orthodoxies religious and secular, Fo uncovers the revolutionary impulses within the everyday absurdities of life. Perhaps even more than his plays, "Tricks of the Trade" reveals the essence of Dario Fo's art.Fo, Dario is the author of 'Tricks of the Trade' with ISBN 9780878300075 and ISBN 0878300074.