ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST. (Little Theater.) Farce. Dario Fo. Adapted/translated by Richard Nelson. 5 m., 1 f. Int. Dario Fo has scored again with this wicked satire of right-wing bureaucracy, which has had over 100 productions worldwide, including a long run in London’s West End. The central character, known only as The Fool, is a lunatic confidence man right out of a Marx Brothers routine who walks into the police office from which an anarchist has “fallen” to his death. A brilliant “histriomaniac” and quick-change imposter, the Fool impersonates a variety of characters and in so doing tricks the addled police into re-opening the anarchist’s case and revealing all the doctored transcripts and falsified evidence. Needless to say the role of the Fool is one of the great comic parts in contemporary dramatic literature. “A majestically funny event about deadly serious matters.”—NY Daily News. $4.00, (Royalty, $60-$40.) Slightly Restricted. (#3908)
