Full Description
Staging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts.
Little Stitches (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) from the points of view of by-standers, anti-FGM/C activists, health professionals, women who perpetuate
the practice and, finally, survivors.
'Kubra' (Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play features a young woman who was subjected to FGM/C as a child and now, years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice.
A Trial for Rape (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name, this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes toward sexual violence tend to turn rape survivors from accusers into accused.
In their interviews, the writers, directors and producers discuss their conception and production of the works collected in Staging Violence Against Women and Girls. The plays and their creators highlight the urgency of raising awareness of these forms of violence and giving voice to survivors.
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
About the Cover Image
Introduction: the stories behind the statistics
by Luciana d'Arcangeli, Claire Kennedy and Daniela Cavallaro
Little Stitches
'Sleight of Hand' by Isley Lynn
'Where Do I Start?' by Raúl Quirós Molina
'Dancing Feet' by Bahar Brunton
'Mutant' by Karis E. Halsall
Interview with Melissa Dean and Alex Crampton
by Daniela Cavallaro and Claire Kennedy
Interview with the authors of Little Stitches
by Daniela Cavallaro
'Kubra'
by Dacia Maraini (translated by Sharon Wood)
Interview with Dacia Maraini
by Luciana d'Arcangeli (translated by Luciana d'Arcangeli)
Interview with Nicolette Kay and further reflection by Olivia Brown
by Claire Kennedy
Interview with Ainsley Burdell
by Claire Kennedy
A Trial for Rape
adapted by Renato Chiocca from the documentary Processo per stupro by Maria Grazia Belmonti, Anna Carini, Rony Daopoulo, Paola De Martiis, Annabella Miscuglio and Loredana Rotondo (translated by Claire Kennedy)
Interview with Renato Chiocca
by Daniela Cavallaro (translated by Claire Kennedy)
List of References
