How long does it take to read Accidental Death of an Anarchist?
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo takes about 1 hour 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 50 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1974. 100 pages, about 27,500 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dario Fo's controversial farce has been seen by over half a million people. It has been performed all over the world, and has become a classic. A sharp and hilarious satire on political corruption, it concerns the case of an anarchist railway worker who, in 1969, 'fell' to his death from a police headquarters window. Simon Nye's witty translation updates and relocates the play close to contemporary England. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2003.
Subjects: Anarchists, Death, Drama, Italian Political plays, Police, Political plays, Italian
