The House of Bernarda Alba - Softcover

Federico Garcia Lorca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571227570 ISBN 13: 9780571227570

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2005

Synopsis

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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Review:

'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.' Lyn Gardner, Gaurdian, 30 April 2009 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

Book Description:

The House of Bernarda Alba - David Hare's translation of a play by Federico García Lorca, the great Spanish playwright and poet - speaks as powerfully as a political metaphor of oppression as it does a domestic drama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571227570
• ISBN 13: 9780571227570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96