Coppia Aperta, Quasi Spalancata
Coppia Aperta, Quasi Spalancata is a play by Dario Fo (1926-2016)[1] and Franca Rame (1929-2013)[2].
Contents
The original text
A play about a couple who test the boundaries of their relationship, written and first performed in 1983, when the Italian censors restricted it to audiences over the age of 18, since Rame had included her monologue Lo stupro (The Rape, inspired by her own rape) as a prologue.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Open Couple by Stuart Hood, published by Samuel French.
Performance history in South Africa
2002: Performed at the Baxter Theatre as The Open Couple with and Warrick Grier, who won a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award as Best Actor for his role as "Barry".
2014: Produced and directed by Christopher Weare, and performed by Larica Schnell and Nathan Lynn, at the Alexander Bar.
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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