Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Morte accidentale di un'anachico in its original Italian), is a satirical slapstick comedy by Dario Fo, inspired by real events in 1969.

"'Bertozzo: I ought to warn you that the author of this sick little play, Dario Fo, has the traditional, irrational hatred of the police common to all narrow-minded left wingers and so I shall, no doubt, be the be the unwilling butt of endless anti-authoritarian jibes."
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Inspector Bertozzo at the beginning of the play.

"Superintendent: (Name of actor who is playing the part) This isn't Dario Fo!"
 * Commedia Dell'Arte: The show's style is a combination of this and Brechtian abstraction.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: The Maniac, who is highly intelligent, but incredible at impersonation, and is frequently confused with the people he's impersonating.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Maniac.
 * Master of Disguise: The Maniac.
 * No Name Given: The Maniac.
 * No 4th Wall to Break: One translation acknowledges the fact that the translator added in some of their own dialogue.


 * Paper Thin Disguise: The Maniac dons these throughout the play, in order to screw with the police.
 * Police Are Useless: Subverted; the police are competent, but incredibly corrupt. They're only rendered completely useless because The Maniac keeps outsmarting them.
 * Trickster Archetype: The Maniac.