WHY IS DARIO FO A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER? (Preco je Dario Fo nositelom Nobelovej ceny?)

Dramatic and theatrical works of Dario Fo are a part of the wider research of the grant task on Migration of Italian and German Culture in the Central European Cultural Area. Some singularities emerged during the reception of Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor and director: the continuity of dramatic and theatre-publishing links remained to the rest of the Europe until 1990, especially thanks to translations and organizational work of Blahoslav Hecko, the founder of the agency DILIZA. Moreover, the paper focuses on the reconstruction of the staging concepts of Fo's plays staged in Slovakia: Archangels Don't Play Pinball (Otto Haas, 1963), He Who Steals a Foot Is Lucky in Love (K. Spisak, 1976), and also various versions of Comic Mystery (DSNP Martin 1995, Kosice 2003), with a brief comparison of his reception in the Czech context, especially directed by Peter Scherhaufer.