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.
ISBN: | 9780571227570 |
Publication date: | 17th March 2005 |
Author: | David Hare, Federico García Lorca |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 96 pages |
Series: | Ff Plays |
Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |