La casa de Bernarda Alba

Federico García Lorca

Theatre Federico García Lorca is, together with Valle-Inclán, the greatest playwright of Spanish literature of the 20th century. His theatre, replete with poetry and memorable images, comes to the TNC under the baton of Lluís Pasqual and with an exceptional cast headed by Núria Espert. La casa de Bernarda Alba, subtitled Drama de mujeres en los pueblos de España, was written in 1936 and goes beyond the drama to consolidate itself as a tragedy of extraordinary force. Bernarda Alba decides to go into the deepest mourning after being widowed for the second time. Her five daughters, victims of the rigidity of the mother, feel chained to the family home, greatly confined by the shadow of the death, and invaded by the man who will bring disgrace to the family home. A rural drama about how social values and fanaticism can suffocate the longing for freedom and the roots of desire. Production in Spanish