Theatre: Lu santo Jullare Francesco (in italian language)

by Dario Fo

with Ugo Dighero

adaptation and direction by Giorgio Gallione

scenes and costumes Lorenza Gioberti

lighting design Aldo Mantovani



co-production Teatro Stabile di Genova, CMC/ Nidodiragno

with the collaboration of Teatro della Juta



duration: ... minutes



Lu santo Jullare Francesco (The Holy Jester Francis) by Dario Fo is a fabulation on the life of the saint from Assisi that takes up the styles and forms of the narration of the mythical Mistero Buffo in the theatrical language of grammelot. Working on popular legends, canonical texts from the 14th century and documents that have emerged in recent decades, the Nobel Prize winner constructs a powerful, playful and certainly not hagiographic narration of the ‘Jester of God’, as Saint Francis liked to call himself.