‘Women should take care not to leave traces of lipstick on the ballot papers.’
It is 4 June 1913. One hundred years ago. During a horse race, a woman runs onto the track at the Epsom Derby and is trampled by the hooves of the King’s horse as she attempts to attach a tricolour rosette to the horse’s bridle: she died four days later. This woman is Emily Wilding Davison. Her funeral will become a media event, and her story will thus become a symbol of the suffragettes’ struggle.
On stage tomorrow evening, Friday 29th at 9.30 pm and Saturday 30th November at 6 pm and 9.30 pm at the former Factory premises in Viale Colombo, Fucecchio, comes Firenza Guidi’s latest creation: 1913_suffragium, performed by the Frantoio permanent company. It is the story of a denied vote. The story of how far we are willing to go, of what we are willing to lose, in the name of our ideals. This is the story of all the women who fought for their right to vote. For their freedom.
The protest by Davison, an English suffragette, would not bear fruit until 1928, when the vote was granted to British women. In Italy, the bill was presented to the Chamber of Deputies in 1912 but not approved. Instead, the right to vote was extended in 1913 to all men, even if illiterate. Women would not obtain the right to vote until 1945.
Combining theatre, documentary and installation, this latest work by Guidi and the unstoppable Frantoio di Fucecchio forms part of the ‘Women, History, Memory’ series, which reflects the research and civic as well as artistic commitment to which the director has devoted herself passionately for years.
When
29 November 2013 – 30 November 2013
Friday 29 at 9.30 pm | Saturday 30 at 6.00 pm and 9.30 pm
Where
Ex Factory, Viale Colombo – Fucecchio
Admission
€10 (concessions €8)
Contact
bookings: info@elanfrantoio.org | 349 69 83 851 | 0571 268266
