Nuovo manuale minimo dell'attore

The adventures of two extraordinary lives.
Much more than a manual, a guide or an instrument. The story of a life and of passion.

This book had been waiting to be written for years: the idea of this book had emerged when Franca was still alive, and it now finally sees the light.
What we have here is life and theatre intertwined, the post war years and the Seventies, times dominated by a strong idealistic tension which was the driving force behind all the comedies that Franca and Dario extremely successfully staged at the theatre.
The encounters and the collaboration with Beckett, Strehler, Sartre, the premiere of Mistero Buffo in Paris with a revisited French version of Grammelot, the provocations from actors hidden among the astonished, incredulous public, the tricks and suggestions when a line is forgotten, the brilliant scenic inventions with props made for shows which dealt with current affairs without ever falling into the trap of the obvious and of excessive stage direction. And finally, the trip to China and the discovery of its theatre and the contradictions of its society.
A multitude of stories, lives and theatre. All recounted in a fantastic journey during which each circumstance is filtered through the emotion of the moment, the memories leading to a renewed effort to continue turning life into a type of theatre that is a testimony of our destiny and of each of our personal stories.

Dario Fo e Franca Rame jointly wrote hundreds of comedies that were shown around the world, diffusing their idea of a political theatre. A unique, extraordinary success. In 1997 Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature