A Woman Alone
Franca Rame and Dario Fo |
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Chapterhouse (Merton Abbey Mills Fest 2003), July 2003 |
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Director: |
Andrew Raffle |
Cast: |
Suzanna Walters |
Stage Manager: |
Helen Teasdale |
In July 2003, Reveal made its second appearance on the London Fringe at The Merton Abbey Mills Fest with the contemporary classic one woman show, A Woman Alone. This was performed at Chapterhouse, the festival’s alternative venue, for four nights to sizeable audiences.
Written in the late 70’s, Rame and Fo’s 45 minute monologue presents the housewife who ‘has everything any woman could want’ but the right to be an individual. Alone, the woman evaluates all her roles in life as wife, mother, mistress, object of desire, unsalaried servant and of course, as a woman.
In style true to Rame and Fo, our protagonist’s journey is taken to extremes of laughter, fear, hatred, sorrow, hope and despair as she is catapulted to her new role of murderess by the end of this tragi-comic piece.