Finished just two months before the author's murder on 18 August 1936 by a gang of Franco's supporters, The House of Bernarda Alba is now accepted as Lorca's great masterpiece of love and loathing.
Five daughters live together in a single household with a tyrannical mother. When the father of all but the eldest girl dies, a cynical marriage is advanced which will have tragic consequences for the whole family. Lorca's fascinatingly modern play, rendered here in an English version by David Hare, speaks as powerfully as a political metaphor of oppression as it does as domestic drama.
The House of Bernarda Alba premiered at the National Theatre, London, in March 2005.
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- Publication Date:
- 17/03/2005
- Publisher:
- Faber Faber
- Publication Date:
- 17/03/2005
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Authors:
- Lorca, Federico Garcia
- Year Published:
- 2005
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780571227570
- Number of Pages:
- 96
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780571227570