
A Woman Alone
Written in 1977, A Woman Alone vividly documents the ugly reality of issues like marital rape and domestic abuse. It is the tale of a woman who was crushed and defeated by society’s hatred for women, hatred of their choices, female sexuality, their desire to grow, their desire to be recognized as people and not as someone’s partner, mother, sister or daughter. The unique character of this play, embodies the sum of physically, verbally or non-verbally abused women and is the exponent of 2000 years of ignorance and injustice. Locked up in a flat, a solitary woman makes her confession. Amid domestic chores, dodgy phone calls, a sex-mad brother-in-law and a forever screaming baby she tells us the story of how her love for a young student led to her imprisonment at the hands of her jealous husband.