Publisher's Synopsis
Now part of the canon of Italian plays, "Morte accidentale di un anarchico", in its original form, was a subversive piece of political theatre. It is based on the events of December 1969 when Guiseppe Pinelli, the anarchist of the title, "fell" to his death from a fourth floor window of the police headquarters in Milan, where he was being held for questioning in connection with the bomb in Pialla Fontana.;This edition sets the play in its historical and political context and introduces readers to Fo's political thought and theatrical practice.;The text has been edited for sixth form and university students but will be useful to anyone who wants to read a salient text of the period with the help of notes and vocabulary.