The House of Bernarda Alba (Cuellar-Garcia)
by Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia

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40 mins

Synopsis

When her husband dies, Bernarda Alba seeks to protect her four daughters the only way she knows how: by confining them all to their family ranch for eight years of mourning.

But where the fierce matriarch sees a shelter from the men circling their fortune like wolves, her daughters see a prison, and the only way out is marriage.

Headstrong Adela longs for Pepe El Romano, a man who has been chosen for her older sister Angustias, and turns to a chorus of women for prophecy and comfort as she makes a series of fatal decisions.

As the world shifts beneath them, Bernarda Alba and her daughters search for a foothold, but will they turn against each other?

This taut and lyrical adaptation of The House of Bernard Alba brings Federico Garcia Lorca's classic parable of women and power to life in a rush of fans and castanets.

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Publisher Playscripts

The House of Bernarda Alba (Cuellar-Garcia) is a play written by Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia and published by Playscripts .

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