1980 - DARIO FO (Playwright and Nobel Laureate) and FRANCA RAME (Actress)


Dario Fo and Franca Rame were scheduled to appear at the Town Hall for the Fifth Festival of Italian Theater in New York on May 27, 1980. The State Department denied their visas, apparently due to their ties to Soccorso Rosso ("Red Aid"), a leftist organization that worked to improve prison conditions for those who committed politically motivated crimes.