Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
| Can't Pay? Won't Pay! | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Dario Fo |
| Original language | Italian |
| Subject | Consumer backlash against high prices |
| Genre | Political satire |
Can't Pay? Won't Pay![1][2] (Italian: Non Si Paga! Non Si Paga!,[3] also translated We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay! and Low Pay? Don't Pay![2]) is play originally written in Italian by Dario Fo.[4] Regarded as Fo's best-known play internationally after Morte accidentale di un anarchico, it had been performed in 35 countries by 1990.[5]
Considered a Marxist,[6] political farce,[7] it is one of Fo's most famous plays.[8] A comedy about consumer backlash against high prices,[9] it was written by Fo in 1974.[10]
It was first translated into English in 1975 by Lino Pertile.[1] A North American English-language adaptation of the play was created by R. G. Davies around 1984.[11] The American premiere was performed by the San Francisco Mime Troupe.[12]
The title of the original English translation, Can't Pay? Won't Pay!, has passed into the English language.[2]
Further reading
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References
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- ↑ Mitchell 1999, p. 130
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