OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Lynne Parker 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Federico García Lorca

• Author Notes

  A version of the play by Federico Garcia Lorca.

• Setting

  Somewhere in the middle of Ireland, at some time in the not too distant past.

• Synopsis

  In the middle of nowhere, during a heatwave, a strange family of women is locked into darkened rooms. They are mourning the death of their father, the last man to have entered the house. One of the rooms contains their grandmother, who their mother says is mad. Every so often she escapes. Mother reckons that eight years of mourning should be enough. By the time that is over, some of them will be old. A man has come looking for a rich wife. One of the daughters is an heiress. All of them want to escape.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Female

  10

• Total

  10

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  08 February 1993

• Producer

  Produced by Charabanc Theatre Company

• Original Venue

  The Arts Theatre
  

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, and from the company archive, which is held at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.