| The Pope and the Witch | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Dario Fo |
| Original language | Italian |
The Pope and the Witch (Italian title: Il Papa e la strega)[1] is a satirical play by Dario Fo, first performed in 1989. It depicts the Pope as a paranoid, drug-addled idiot and the Vatican as corrupt.
Fo, an Italian actor-playwright awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, is known for aiming his sarcasm and slapstick comedy at authority, and in The Pope and the Witch he takes dead aim at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]
- ^ Mitchell 1999, p. 197
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (18 May 2000). "Theatre Review: A Nemesis Converts the Pope". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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