Accidental Death of an Anarchist
by Dario Fo ['Morte accidentale di un anarchico', 1970]
Adapted for radio by Jeremy Hardy
from the translation by Gillian Hanna
and from Gavin Richards' stage adaptation
Broadcast 3 July 1992 on BBC Radio 5
Rebroadcast on Radio 4 Extra, Saturday 27 April 2013
Duration 75 minutes
Farce meets political satire as 'The Maniac' upends the status quo at a police station where a questionable "suicide" has occurred.
The play is based on events involving a real person, Giuseppe Pinelli, who fell - or was thrown - from the fourth floor window of a Milan police station in 1969. He was accused of bombing a bank (the Piazza Fontana bombing). The accusation is widely seen as part of the Italian Far Right's strategy of tension. The events of the play, however, are fictional.
With Adrian Edmondson [The Maniac], Stephen Frost [Insp. Bertozzo], Jill Gascoine [The Superintendent], John Forgeham [Insp. Pissani], Mark Steel [The Constables], and Jennifer Saunders [Maria Feletti, an investigative journalist].
Produced and directed by Turan Ali
160/44; 85.1 MB; sound quality excellent
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Thank you for this mystery.
Dear Rick -
Thanks for another fine mystery to make my Monday better. You are brilliant!
Bob
Seconded!
Thanks, Rick. Looks interesting. Mike