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The Open Couple
Written byDario Fo
Original languageItalian
GenreComedy (drama)

The Open Couple (Italian title: Coppia aperta, quasi spalancata)[1] is a play by Dario Fo. As with some of Fo's other plays, it is a romantic play which was written with his wife Franca Rame. It was written in 1983.[2]

The Italian censors restricted it to audiences over the age of 18 when Rame included as a prologue her monologue The Rape (inspired by her own rape).[3]

Plot summary

In this farce about sexual politics in marriage, a man persuades his suicidal wife that an open marriage is politically correct and embarks on dalliances with younger women, to her dismay and fury. After deciding to be on her own, the tables are turned when she confesses to a new man, Nobel prize nominated professor and inspired singer-songwriter; it is the husband who becomes suicidal.[4]

Cast

  • Dario Fo (Husband)
  • Franca Rame (Wife)

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Tony (1999), Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated and Expanded), London: Methuen, ISBN 0-413-73320-3.

References

  1. ^ Mitchell 1999, p. 172
  2. ^ "Socialiststories.org". RevSocialist. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  3. ^ Mitchell 1999, pp. 176–177
  4. ^ R, S. "Fingerview". Dd. Aa. Retrieved 24 February 2012.