The House of Bernarda Alba: In a New English Version by David Hare
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0571227570
ISBN 13
9780571227570
Category
Scripts
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
96
Description
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. - from Amzon
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