Coppia aperta

Dario Fo (born March 24, 1926) is an Italian satirist playwright, theater director and actor, and composer. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. He uses methods of commedia dell'arte and works closely with his wife Franca Rame.

Biography

Early years

Fo was born in Leggiuno-Sangiano, in the province of Varese, near the eastern shore of Lago Maggiore. His father Felice was a station master for the Italian state railway, and the family frequently moved when Felice was transferred to new postings. Felice was also an amateur actor and a socialist. volto soprattutto a scavare nella psiche della protagonista, in un melodramma,
con l’aggiunta di una coppia "aperta" (il socio di Duhan, dott. Dario learned storytelling from his maternal grandfather and Lombard fishers and glassblowers.

In 1940 Fo moved to Milan to study architecture at the Brera Art Academy, but World War II intervened. His family was active in anti-fascist resistance and reputedly he helped his father to smuggle refugees and Allied soldiers to Switzerland. Near the end of the war, Fo was conscripted into the army of the Republic of Salò, but he escaped and managed to hide for the remainder of the war.

After the war, Fo continued his architecture studies in Milan. Initially he commuted from Lago Maggiore, but soon his family moved to Milan. Sembra che stia prendendo piede negli USA una sorta di monogamia aperta all'esterno,
con alcune regole all'interno della coppia. There Fo became involved in the piccoli teatri (small theaters) movement, in which he began to present improvised monologues. In 1950 he began to work for Franco Parenti's theater company, and gradually abandoned his work as an assistant architect.

Relationship with Franca Rame

In 1951 Fo met Franca Rame, daughter of a theatrical family, when they were working in the production of revue Sette giorni a Milano. After a slow start, they became engaged. In the same year he was invited to perform a radio play Cocorico in RAI, Italian national radio.