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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
| ISBN | 0713686774 | | Pages | 208 | | ISBN13 | 9780713686777
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | A & C Black Publishers Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 176 | | Imprint | Methuen Drama | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Methuen Drama | | Publication date | 03 Sep 2007 | | Previous ISBN | 9780413724700 | | Translator | Gwynne Edwards | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | Gwynne Edwards | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 862.62 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate |
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| | | Federico Garcia Lorca: 1898-1936 | | | | | | Plot | | | | | | Commentary | | | | | | Lorca and the theatre of his time | | | | | | The real-life source of The House of Bernarda Alba | | | | | | The social background and meaning of the play | | | | | | The broader meaning: symbolism and imagery | | | | | | The characters | | | | | | The play as tragedy | | | | | | Staging of Lorca's plays in his lifetime | | | | | | Production history of The House of Bernarda Alba | | | | | | The translation | | | | | | The Spanish text | | | | | | Further reading | | | | | | The House of Bernarda Alba | | | | | | Act One | | 4 | | | | Act Two | | 46 | | | | Act Three | | 86 | | | | Notes | | 120 | | | | Questions for further study | | 142 |
'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  Be the first to write a customer review
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