Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist (full)

[@gildapuckett3368]

I realise that even after all these years, I know this by heart. The timing is almost unbearably brilliant. Without doubt one of the finest comic plays ever made and with the freeview packed with repeats a sure-fire crowd pleaser

[@quantumbleep]

Hi - I have never seen it repeated on any channel - if you see it in any listing please let me know - I'd likea better copy.

[@Gill.L]

quantumbleep I heard the original was lost - so well done Mr Bleep - genius :)

[@vivalaquincebrigada]

Gavin Richards, who adapted/directed/stars in this production will hold a Q&A, after screening Channel 4 recording, at Ruskin House, Croydon CR0 1BD on Friday 30 June 2023.

[@vivalaquincebrigada]

An outstanding performance by all and a wonderful production. It was actually recorded and broadcast in 1983. I still have a Beta tape of the broadcast.

[@vivalaquincebrigada]

A digital transfer from TV recording has been licensed by the BFI for showing by Ruskin House Film Screen in Croydon on 24 Feb 2023.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

@@vivalaquincebrigada Sadly, the rest of us will likely never see that.

[@PuissantAlgernon]

My favourite translation I've read of the play. Still absolutely relevant - now more than ever.

[@jayspencergreen1888]

Thank you so much for this. I recorded it at the time but lost the tape, and I've been looking for any version of it for years.

[@quantumbleep]

RIP Dario Fo. What a sad day this is when we say goodbye to this witty and brilliant man. I am in tears. www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/13/dario-fo-nobel-winning-playwright-dies-aged-90

[@AlanHood]

Love this...the lines are coming back to me now, playing the Superintendant about 25 years ago ranting about galoshes in a production nowhere near as good as this with the Sheffield Anarchists

[@buggerlugs106]

I have been trying to find a copy of this for bloody ages, Many thanks.

[@garypearson6954]

thanks for putting this up,. I hadn't seen it for so so long. Still passes the test of time ...

[@rataplanrrr]

You're a bloody star-I've only been trying to get hold of tghis for 20 years! Thank you:)

[@imnotalizard1397]

that's some Damn good acting.

[@neilveganhead1890]

Thanks so much for this. My old VHS of it is decidedly battered.

[@fuzzilu]

+Neil Veganhead same .. lol made many peeps watch this on a sesh lol

[@richardmaidajimenez976]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Stands up very well after all this time.

[@shachartsafon7102]

I'm directing the 12th grade T?heater production this year, and I enjoy every minute working on this play. Totally awesome!

[@BruceMardle]

My all-time favourite (production of) a play, ever since I taped it off Channel 4 in '84.

[@kenadsh423]

It is good - Have you still got the tape ? Mine is knackered now

[@BruceMardle]

I do, though I'm not sure my VCR is still usable. A few months ago I couldn't get another tape to play without the sound being very muffled :-(

[@kenadsh423]

@@BruceMardle ok - sounds like head alignment - that is easy to fix and with a good clean with some solvent, it should bring the sound back crisp and clear. As the manufacturer if they do that or try and find an 'old' video engineer !! lol

[@vivalaquincebrigada]

Gavin Richards, who adapted/directed/stars in this production will hold a Q&A, after screening Channel 4 recording, at Ruskin House, Croydon CR0 1BD on Friday 30 June 2023.

[@duncandesordley9108]

Saw the original Belt and Braces production in, I think, 1979 at the Duke's Theatre in Lancaster. Alfred Molina and Andy De Latour in the cast.. Brilliant on many levels and made a lasting impression on my political thinking...

[@01merson]

Thanks for putting this on. I had fond memories of this production and have been after it for ages.

[@edwardbovis2586]

Not so much breaking the fourth wall as demolishing it completely.

[@quantumbleep]

I think it should be done more often - reveals the nature of theatre production and the skills of those non-acting personel.

[@paulyanez7315]

I love the english theatre .Even if the comedy is not english but italian. English man have the quality of entering into the soul of other nations and incorporate them to their own. The perfid albion

[@clestrange172]

Thank your uploading this! I performed this for my Drama A-Level and this helped me learn so many of my lines! I'll admit I am going to miss playing Feletti 💜

[@quantumbleep]

I am glad you enjoyed yourself - small but crucial part !! well done

[@clestrange172]

+quantumbleep So far the reviews I have received have been very good. Again, thank you for uploading this; my fellow cast members told me they also watched this to help them.

[@Gill.L]

Thank you! Been trying to find this for years!

[@markrowe5992]

a Great performance. Loved this.

[@uphollandlatic]

Gavin Richards is brilliant in this.

[@kitlanekitlane]

Thanks for this. My nearly 30 year old VHS copy is pretty much worn out.

[@LewesMint]

I've been wanting to see this again for 30 years! Brilliant! ... but this conversion has messed up the interlacing.

[@quantumbleep]

I have no idea what interlacing is but glad you got to see this production again after 30 years !!

[@quantumbleep]

try this version : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKTqZign8tjptk

[@adrianthomas2834]

Super !!!

[@parushiruhil]

Thank You.

[@deshu1980]

thank you

[@jakeollyb]

I'm doing this with a group of mates for our A-Level Drama practical exam. It's great fun! :D

[@yggdrasil9039]

The classic version.

[@bogusbyron]

Anyone know if the song they sing ~ 38:30 has a name?

[@HappyPotat]

Now this is Comedy Gold.

[@olmelid]

Brilliant! Thanks! Are there any other full length productions of Dario Fo out there?

[@maxwellwarren3102]

Allen D Thompson - Gavin Richards, who also directed and wrote it

[@dougalentendre4790]

Dario Fo wrote it !

[@maxwellwarren3102]

I mean he adapted it to screen (well, he changed it)

[@Ovakill117AUS]

Hehe you're free, you're free, oh ah I've been framed oooh

[@funkyalfonso]

Best production ever. Thames tv; what happened?

[@titanuranus3095]

18:27 Wouldn't Ewan McGregor have been 13 when this was filmed? Couldn't the Maniac come up with someone more era-appropriate?

[@moonwalkerangel7008]

They said Ian McGregor. Not Ewan.

[@titanuranus3095]

@@moonwalkerangel7008 My bad :P

[@TheMrBennito]

HAHAHAHA I had a good laugh all the way through!!!

[@orcsheaddriller]

What's the song they sing at 38:00?

[@forzatoroq2160]

"Stornelli d' Esilio" (Ditties of exile) also known as "Nostra Patria è il Mondo Intero" (Our country is the whole world) written by the journalist, intellectual and anarchist poet. Pietro Gori in 1898

[@quantumbleep]

forza toroq Thank you

[@barnanath7956]

"Abuses and injustice in society" Whom does this phrase reffered to in the play?

[@lukkyluciano]

gavin richards gotta be really short. Clive Russell looks to be 7 foot tall

[@quantumbleep]

+lukkyluciano Well Clive is pretty tall at nearly 6 foot 7 inches (around the 2 M mark !!)

[@hbstudios280]

What Is She Like? - Mr.Carmichael/Annie Twilloil

[@smallbitterman]

What is she likeee??

[@richardsparks9894]

Actually the BELT AND BRACES Theatre Company

[@kenadsh423]

yes - lapse of memory. I was working at the Oxford Rd studios at the time

[@6PillarsArts]

This has been adapted for the 80s? Some of the references post-date the writing, 1969

[@susancroft602]

Just to say - it's Belt and Braces, not Bib. See Unfinished Histories for more info

[@quantumbleep]

oops - yes , memory jogger needed - thanks

[@Ahmedabdelreheem]

There is an F word in the dialogue; so can I know since when exactly the TV of UK allowed F words, and nudity ? I'm sure that was way before the American TV.

[@dougalentendre4790]

Ahmedabdelreheem I think we have always allowed this on UK TV - with viewer discretion and in context. American TV is sanitised because most Americans have no discretion and lack the ability to see language in the context of a piece of fiction. The American Dream is just that - a dream ! We in the UK are AWAKE !

[@6PillarsArts]

We had a watershed around 9.30pm, when there were only 4 channels, yes.

[@atthebridge]

I had this on video for decades til the tape unwound. My memory is it was on Channel 4 in the early days, which would make it early 80s. And that would fit with when the odd swear word started to appear on TV, not that it wasn't controversial at the time.

[@quantumbleep]

Having read some of the comments vis á vis "making a bomb" - WE all know this is a play but I would be very carefull in these times that you ensure that EVERYBODY coincerned with the production is made aware of the "bomb" ! Our British Police are some of the best in the World BUT are not too bright further down the ranks - so don't get spotted walking around with what looks like a bomb !! PLEASE !! for you safety

[@lukkyluciano]

Captain Alberto Berterelli.....

[@PokeJoe1999]

If anyone know the chords to "Nostra Patria il Mundo intero" on guitar I will pay you 20 pence

[@NikoGarcia-u9l]

Prefiero el libro. El maníaco está terriblemente infravalorado, si quisiera él podría ser un gran criminal.

[@kenadsh423]

maniacs do make good villains !!

[@Darughst]

Did they miss a part?

[@kenadsh423]

I think its complete - if anything , they have added material for comedic effect

[@Darughst]

Ken Adsh no in the booklet they mention the author, i didnt hear

[@HekatieSquires]

They adapted it to make sense on TV, but they have cut some lines, yes

[@allendthompson8393]

who plays the Madman?

[@sameoldsatellite]

Allen D Thompson Gavin Richards, who also wrote this adaptation.

[@StoryRopit]

yr 11 omg haha rolf this is 2 gud -rory

[@Ovakill117AUS]

Yr 11

[@quantumbleep]

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[@mysund]

This is so Marx Brother'sk, Dario Fo was a Marxist I guess.

[@quantumbleep]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKTqZign8tjptk

[@quantumbleep]

+quantumbleep seems a better copy - slightly dark though

[@yusufayaz2356]

maniac could've done much better.