OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Trevor Ó Clochartaigh 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Federico García Lorca

• Author Notes

  Aistriúchán ar dhráma Spáinneach.

• Setting

  Granada (1930í)

• Synopsis

  Yerma is the lonely housewife of a Spanish farmer. She longs to have a child, but believes she is unable to conceive. Upon learning from an elderly psychic woman that the problem may have more to do with her husband, Yerma rebels against her lonely life and her place in society by seeking out a handsome young man to seduce.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  6

• Total

  8

• Cast Notes

  8

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 July 1991

• Producer

  Produced by Na Fánaithe and Galway International Arts Festival

• Venue Notes

  Léiríodh é seo den chéad uair sa 'Dome', amharclann nua taistil a d'ordaigh Na Fánaithe, puball mór le háiseanna cuimsitheacha agus áit ann do 200 suíochán. Bhí sé suite i bPáirc an Athair de Búrca le linn Féile Ealaíona na Gaillimhe. Thug sé camchuairt na hÉireann is ar an Eoraip ina dhiadh sin.

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