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The Virtuous Burglar

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The Virtuous Burglar is a Feydau-style farce in which a burglar who is in the act of burgling the house is interrupted by the arrival of a couple - who are in fact having an affair. The farcical complications that ensue also involve the arrival of the burglar's wife. In the end, as they are all arguing among themselves, yet another burglar arrives to burgle the flat. [1]

Translations

An English translation ("The Good that a Burglar Can Bring") has been made by Ed Emery[2]

An English adaptation ("The Virtuous Burglar") has been made by Joe Farrell. [3]

References

  1. ^ Tony Mitchell, The People's Court Jester, Methuen Books, London, 1999
  2. ^ English translation: http://www.geocities.ws/dariofoarchive/burglar.html
  3. ^ Dario Fo, The Virtuous Burglar, trans. Joe Farrell, Samuel French, London.