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The Pope and the Witch

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 8m

Dario Fo, Franca Rame, Ed Emery

The Pope and the Witch
by Dario Fo
Edited by Franca Rame
Translated by Ed Emery

The Vatican is the target of this fast and furious satire. The Pope is to give his first world televized press conference but is suffering from acute paranoia and nervous paralysis. Enter Elisa, the "witch" of the title, who alone seems to have the p…

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The Vatican is the target of this fast and furious satire. The Pope is to give his first world televized press conference but is suffering from acute paranoia and nervous paralysis. Enter Elisa, the "witch" of the title, who alone seems to have the power to cure the Pope. Visiting her drug clinic he is so impressed that he issues a papal encyclical with startling global results.
  • Setting A corridor and room in the Vatican, a room.

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Dario Fo

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Franca Rame

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Ed Emery

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