The House of Bernarda Alba: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

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.
Edited with invaluable student notes - a must for students of Spanish drama

Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 09/17/2009
Series: Student Editions
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780713686777