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House of Bernarda Alba: La Casa De Bernarda Alba (Methuen Drama) by: Federico Garcia Lorca by: Gwynne Edwards, Gwynne Edwards, Gwynne Edwards

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Publisher: Methuen Drama
Release date: 3rd September, 2007
Media: Paperback

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Rating: - A clever, compelling play

This is a wonderful play, which starts slowly but gathers momentum as it rolls towards a tragic finale. Bernarda Alba is the central character, a matriarch who seeks to repress her daughters in every way possible; however, she can't repress what they feel in their hearts. Each of her five daughters falls in love with the handsome Pepe el Romano, with terrible consequences. The atmosphere is electric, full of the oppressive heat of the summer when it is set, and with that is the gradually increasing tension and the warning signals of what is to come. I strongly recommend it to anyone; it is shrewd in its observations of the behaviour of women.

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