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9 December 2005

Peace Mom

Dario FoPeace Mom Political farce writer Dario Fo and his wife Franca Rame are in London for tomorrow’s première of his new play Peace Mom, based on the American activist Cindy Sheehan, also visiting:

The Mayor [of London] closed by quoting a remark that William Jennings Bryan made in response to Andrew Carnegie claiming he loved America: We’re glad you love America. When you’re done with it, can we have it back? American Chronicle

I saw the Belt & Braces Theatre Company perform Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist at the Wyndham Theatre in 1971 and laughed so hard I thought I would need surgery. I stumbled across his Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay at the Toronto Theatre Festival in 1978, but missed Rame performing her One Woman Plays at the National Theatre in — 1980? And now another chance.

Posted by SJT at December 9, 2005 08:51 AM

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