House of Bernarda Alba
Author(s): Hare Lorca; David Hare (Translator); Federico García Lorca
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.
General Information
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.1
- : 17 March 2005
- : .7 Centimeters X 12.7 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Hare Lorca; David Hare (Translator); Federico García Lorca
- : Other book format
- : English
- : 862.62
- : 96