The House Of Bernarda Alba La casa de Bernarda Alba
by García Lorca, Federico; Edwards, GwynneEdition: Student
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-09-03
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
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Summary
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 Biography
Federico Garca Lorca was born in 1898, in Andalusia, Spain. A poet and dramatist, and also a gifted painter and pianist, his early popular ballads earned him the title of 'poet of the gypsies'. In 1930 he turned his attention to theatre, visiting remote villages and playing classic and new works for peasant audiences. In 1936, shortly after the outbreak of Civil War, he was murdered by Nationalist partisans. His body was never found.
Table of Contents
| 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 | p. 4 |
| Act Two | p. 46 |
| Act Three | p. 86 |
| Notes | p. 120 |
| Questions for further study | p. 142 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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