The House of Bernarda Alba: In a New English Version by David Hare

The House of Bernarda Alba: In a New English Version by David Hare

David Hare, Federico Garcia Lorca

ISBN: 9780571227570

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The House of Bernarda Alba: In a New English Version by David Hare

The House of Bernarda Alba: In a New English Version by David Hare

David Hare, Federico Garcia Lorca

ISBN: 9780571227570

Out of stock

Overview

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.

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David Hare

David Hare

David Hare has been called "one of the great post-war British playwrights." Along with co-founding Portable Theatre Company and Joint Stock Theatre Group, he served as Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court Theatre in London and Resident Dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse. ...
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Federico Garcia Lorca