House of Bernarda Alba / Casa de Bernarda Alba

Spanish / English

Federico García Lorca, Prof Gwynne Edwards, Prof Gwynne Edwards , Prof Gwynne Edwards

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Bloomsbury
01 November 2007

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Series: Spanish / English

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

By: Federico García Lorca
Introduction by: Prof Gwynne Edwards
Edited by: Prof Gwynne Edwards, Prof Gwynne Edwards
Translated by: Prof Gwynne Edwards
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 176g
ISBN: 9780713686777
ISBN 10: 0713686774
Series: Spanish / English
Publication Date: 01 November 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for House of Bernarda Alba / Casa de Bernarda Alba (Spanish / English)

'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