ARE THERE MORE ROLES FOR MEN THAN FOR WOMEN IN THEATER PLAYS?


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Authors

  • Sacit Hadi AKDEDE Adnan Menderes University
  • Aynur UÇKAC Adnan Menderes University

Keywords:

Female actors, Male actors, Female representation, Theater, Turkish State Theaters

Abstract

This paper empirically investigates whether there are more roles written for men than those
written for women in theater plays. A novel data set that is derived by the authors themselves by using
the archives of Turkish State Theaters is employed. It is found in the paper that there are more roles
written for man than those written for females in theater plays. Plays by female authors have a
relatively higher ratio of female roles to male roles even though the number of female roles is smaller
on average. Plays by Turkish authors do have a smaller ratio of female to male roles.

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Published

2018-02-19

How to Cite

AKDEDE, S. H., & UÇKAC, A. (2018). ARE THERE MORE ROLES FOR MEN THAN FOR WOMEN IN THEATER PLAYS?. JOURNAL OF AWARENESS, 2(Special 1), 615–630. Retrieved from https://journals.gen.tr/index.php/joa/article/view/291

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Research Articles