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The Collected Plays, Vol. 1: We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! and Other Works

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

In the words of his translator, Ron Jenkins: "The Nobel committee's decision to honor Fo as a master of literature is a historic tribute to the theatre, which is still viewed by many as literature's bastard child; it is also the first time that the Nobel for the literary arts has been awarded to an actor. This courageous and controversial choice indirectly expands the modern definition of literature to include the power of the spoken word."

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Volume One includes:

We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!

Elizabeth

Archangels Don't Play Pinball

About Face

Themes
theatre
Setting
2000s
Subject
politics
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages
Form
plays

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