Aspects of current motherhood in the Duracell’s bunny with the drum by Marta Galán

Abstract

This article’s goal is to study the perspective on motherhood in Marta Galán’s play The duracell’s bunny with the drum, as well as its adaptation and staging by Marc Martínez. Our study is based on the text’s close reading grounded on a succinct theoretical frame composed by feminist approaches on motherhood –essentially Federici, Sau, Badinter & Fernández Pujana– and a personal interview with the author. Strongly based on Federici’s theories, Galán’s text builds a claim in favour of a politicization of care, and against the current devaluation of women’s reproductive work, under the supposed solution of labour and family conciliation. The play is symptomatic of the emergence of new topics in theatre due to the increasing amount of women in the role of directors and authors. Its adaptation is an example of the limitations that are still imposed by the theatrical establishment and the ubiquitous masculine perspective.

Keywords

• marta galán
• teatro
• maternidad
• trabajo reproductivo
• silvia federici