OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Frank McGuinness 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Federico García Lorca

• Author Notes

  A version of the original play by Federico Garcia Lorca.

• Setting

  An Andalucian village over a period of three months in the 1930s.

• Synopsis

  In rural Spain, five daughters exist in a cloistered household managed by their widowed mother and demented grandmother. Following the death of her husband, Bernarda Alba enforces an eight-year mourning period on her daughters, and tensions build.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Female

  14

• Total

  14

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  07 March 1991

• Producer

  Produced by Lyric Theatre

• Original Venue

  Lyric Theatre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.