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Written by Dario Fo Playwright Dario Fo Original language Italian Language | 3.8/5 Goodreads Originally published 1974 Genre Political satire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Consumer backlash against high prices Similar Dario Fo plays, Other plays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prior pursglove college acting exam 2009 can t pay won t pay dario fo part 1
Can't Pay? Won't Pay! (Italian: Non Si Paga! Non Si Paga!, also translated We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay! and Low Pay? Don't Pay!) is play originally written in Italian by Dario Fo. Regarded as Fo's best-known play internationally after Morte accidentale di un anarchico, it had been performed in 35 countries by 1990.
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- Prior pursglove college acting exam 2009 can t pay won t pay dario fo part 1
- can t pay won t pay excerpt from derby playhouse 2005
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Considered a Marxist, political farce, it is one of Fo's most famous plays. A comedy about consumer backlash against high prices, it was written by Fo in 1974.
It was first translated into English in 1975 by Lino Pertile. A North American English-language adaptation of the play was created by R. G. Davies around 1984. The American premiere was performed by the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
The title of the original English translation, Can't Pay? Won't Pay!, has passed into the English language.