19:45, Tue 19th – Sat 23rd February 2002 at ADC Theatre
Lent Week 5

We'll drown in a sea of mourning...
 
In 1936, Federico García Lorca completed one of the finest works of 20th centurdrama, and was shot by the Fascists in a grave he was made to dig with hiown hands. Not far from the site of this violent death in the hills outsidGranada, the real Dona Bernarda continued to exercise tyrannical rule oveher unmarried daughters. A stern woman, her daughters going by like shadowdressed always in black, who was to give rise to one of the most challenginand captivating characters in Spanish drama.
 
The House of Bernarda Alba is Lorca's captivating Spanish tragedy of repression, desire and sexual longing. Stunningly lyrical, touching and at times shocking, we invite you to witness this disinfected womb, this crucible of repression; a cold and silent hell in the middle of the African sun.