''Trumpets and Raspberries'' (
Italian
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title: ''Clacson, trombette e pernacchi'') is a
satirical play by
Dario Fo
Dario Luigi Angelo Fo (; 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
, first performed in 1981.
Plot summary
The fictional plot revolves around a real political figure,
Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli (; 12 March 192124 January 2003), nicknamed ("The Lawyer"), was an Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat. As the head of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its industrial workforce a ...
, head of the
Fiat corporation from 1966 to 2003. When Agnelli is disfigured in a failed kidnap attempt, he is rescued by Antonio, one of his Fiat employees. Antonio flees the scene when people start shooting at him, leaving his jacket on Agnelli's body. Agnelli is taken to hospital in Antonio's jacket, where he mistakenly has his face reconstructed in Antonio's likeness.
Farcical
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity o ...
confusion ensues.
List of characters
* Antonio Berardi / Gianni Agnelli (normally played by the same person)
* Rosa Berardi
* Lucia
* Police Inspector
* Magistrate
* Doctor
* Secret Agent Leader Fellini
* Policeman
* Man with Fridge
* Secret Agents / Orderlies
* Statue
Translations
Ed Emery has carried out an authorised English adaptation (''Trumpets and Raspberries'').
Ron Jenkins has carried out an authorised English adaptation (''About Face'').
A performance of the
Kurdish language
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adaption of the play was banned by representatives of the Turkish Government due to the fact that the content of the play is deemed to support the
Kurdistan Workers' Party
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(PKK).
Further reading
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References
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1981 plays
Plays by Dario Fo