By Federico Garcia Lorca (author) Part of the Methuen Drama Student Editions series
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Bernarda Alba is a widow, and her five daughters are incarcerated in mourning along with her. One by one they make a bid for freedom, with tragic consequences. Lorca's tale depicts the repression of women within Catholic Spain in the years before the war.
The House of Bernarda Alba is Lorca's last and possibly finest play, completed shortly before he was murdered by Nationalist sympathisers at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
Inspired by real characters and described by the author as 'a true record of village life', it is a tragic tale of frustration and explosive passions in a household of women rulled by a tyrannical mother.
Translated and edited, with commentary and invaluable student notes by Gwynne Edwards.
A bilingual edition with parallel English and Spanish texts, it is perfect for anyone studying Spanish literature as well as students of drama and literature courses.
A set text for SQA (Scotland) Higher Drama.
This Student Edition features a synopsis of the play, an extensive commentary, bibliography, notes on words and phrases, and questions for further study.
A Preview of The House of Bernarda Alba is available here.
'Best of all is Ann Mitchell's superb Bernarda Alba, who presides over her daughters like a malevolent mother superior. As polished and shiney as her own furniture, a husk of a woman who puts pride and honour before love and generosity, and who is so out of touch with her own heart that she ignores all the signs of the coming disaster, content to rule her house with her eyes wide shut.
It is a play about what happens to hearts when they are walled up and denied the opportunity to sweel with love and happiness' Lyn Gardener, Gaurdian, 30 April 2009
Federico Garcia Lorca was born in 1898, in Andalusia, Spain. A poet and dramatist, and also a gifted painter and pianist, his early popular ballads earned him the title of 'poet of the gypsies'. In 1930 he turned his attention to theatre, visiting remote villages and playing classic and new works for peasant audiences. In 1936, shortly after the outbreak of Civil War, he was murdered by Nationalist partisans. His body was never found.
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The House Of Bernarda Alba | La Casa de Bernarda Alba was written by Federico Garcia Lorca and published by Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The House Of Bernarda Alba | La Casa de Bernarda Alba has 208 pages
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