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Woman Alone' & Other Plays

By Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Series: Modern Plays
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"Woman Alone' & Other Plays" features twenty vivid monologues for women that range from deeply serious to extravagantly comic. These pieces explore the female condition with a blend of sharp wit and heartfelt emotion, presenting stories where reality clashes with ideology.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in theatre and feminist perspectives, especially those who appreciate dramatic monologues blending humour and social commentary.

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A collection of one woman plays written by Rame and Fo, which explore the joys and vicissitudes of woman's experience. The plays featured include "Rise and Shine", "Alice in Wonderless Land", "An Arab Woman Speaks", "I'm Ulrike - Screaming", "It Happened Tomorrow" and "A Mother".

A collection of one woman plays written by Rame and Fo, which explore the joys and vicissitudes of woman's experience. The plays featured include "Rise and Shine", "Alice in Wonderless Land", "An Arab Woman Speaks", "I'm Ulrike - Screaming", "It Happened Tomorrow" and "A Mother".

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Twenty monologues for women

Twenty monologues in this volume which range from the deeply serious to the extravagantly comic and accessible to a wide range of audiences.

"The pieces are comic, grotesque, on purpose. First of all because we women have been crying for two thousand years. So let's laugh now, even at ourselves" - Franca Rame

"Set at the point where reality and ideology rub up against each other, [these] monologues are vivid, concise and entertaining comments on the female condition...comic-but-angry, raw-but-precise" - Independent

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413640307

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 June 1991

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Contributors:

  • Translated by Gillian Hanna
  • Translated by Ed Emery
  • Translated by Christopher Cairns
  • Translated by Ed Emery

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Dario Fo Franca Rame Non-Fiction Series: Modern Plays

About the Author

For over thrity years Dario Fo, oftern in collaboration with his wife Franca Rame, has led the field in political satire in Europe. Outside Italy, Fo's comedies are often adapted to reflect local political conditions, but the essence remains the same. Capitalism, imperialism and corruption within government are typical targets for hilarious, ideologically-inspired attacks on the establishment. Drawing on all forms of popular theatre, Fo's international reputation as an actor, mime and director equals that of his writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. Franca Rame (b. 1928, Parabagio, Italy) is a playwright and actress. Married to Dario Fo, she co-founded their Dario Fo-Franca Rame Theatre Company in Milan: Rame was its leading actress and chief administrator while Fo was the director and writer. In the 1970s, Rame began writing plays of her own with a distinctively feminist angle, reflecting her engagement with contemporary politics.

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