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A MAN’S WORLD: EXPLORING GENDER CONFINEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE SEXUAL ROLES IN FRANCA RAME AND DARIO FO’S A WOMAN ALONE

Mitchem, Sophie Alexandra, Mitchem
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461322888

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2016, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Ohio University, Theater.
This thesis explores the effect of gender confinement and restrictive sexual roles for women in a one-woman show, A Woman Alone by Franca Rame and Dario Fo (1977). This thesis consists of a scholarly analysis of the play and its literary, biographical, and historical contexts; a performance of A Woman Alone on February 4, 5 and 6, 2016; and a reflection on the production. The written thesis consists of four chapters, the first of which is an introduction to the playwrights, especially Rame, and the position of women within Italian culture in the 1970s. The second chapter analyzes A Woman Alone through the lens of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique to contextualize the play. The third chapter uses the prominent feminist dramas Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, and Machinal, by Sophie Treadwell, to further illuminate Fo and Rame’s work and contextualize the women’s liberation movement. The final chapter is the reflection on the process of producing and performing in A Woman Alone, directed by Professor David Haugen. The appendix includes the production’s program note, photographs from the production and other notable pictures, as well as the translation of A Woman Alone that I used. Through this thesis, I demonstrate the damage done to women because of societal standards and taboos against female sexuality, which in turn necessitate the production of plays such as A Woman Alone that criticize those standards and work to eliminate such taboos.
William Condee, Dr. (Advisor)
Carey Snyder, Dr. (Advisor)
88 p.
Fine Arts; Theater; Theater History; Theater Studies; Womens Studies
feminist theory; theater history; theater performance; a woman alone; franca rame; betty friedan; dario fo; hedda gabler; machinal; gender confinement; female sexuality

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  • Mitchem, Mitchem, S. A. (2016). A MAN’S WORLD: EXPLORING GENDER CONFINEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE SEXUAL ROLES IN FRANCA RAME AND DARIO FO’S A WOMAN ALONE [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461322888

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mitchem, Mitchem, Sophie. A MAN’S WORLD: EXPLORING GENDER CONFINEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE SEXUAL ROLES IN FRANCA RAME AND DARIO FO’S A WOMAN ALONE. 2016. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461322888.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mitchem, Mitchem, Sophie. "A MAN’S WORLD: EXPLORING GENDER CONFINEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE SEXUAL ROLES IN FRANCA RAME AND DARIO FO’S A WOMAN ALONE." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461322888

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