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Mamma Togni is a dramatic monologue by Dario Fo that is set in Italy during World War II.

Synopsis

A dramatised personal testimony by a Mamma Togni, legendary woman partisan from the Upper Po valley, near Pavia. She is called into the streets to help people resist a meeting being organised by Fascists. She then tells about her time as a nurse, helping wounded partisans in World War II. This piece was first performed in Pavia in 1971, and was then published as part of Guerra di popolo in Cile (1973).[1]

Translations

An authorised English translation has been made by Ed Emery. [2]

References

  1. ^ Tony Mitchell, The People’s Court Jester, Methuen Books, London, 1999.
  2. ^ Online English translation: Togni. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
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