The House of Bernarda Alba (Drama Classics)

by Federico Garcia Lorca (Author), JoClifford (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2011

  $7.27

  When Bernarda's husband dies, she locks all the doors and windows. She tells her grown-up daughters to sew and be silent. There are eight years of mourning ahead of us. While it lasts not even the wind will get into this house.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $132.63

  In the suffocating heat of summer, Bernarda Alba's house holds three generations of women in mourning. With few options for a life away from their grasping mother, five sisters fight each other for the attentions of the one man who could offer marriage and escape.

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $14.32

  When Bernarda's husband dies, she locks all the doors and windows. She tells her grown-up daughters to sew and be silent. But locks can't hold back the growing tide of desire. This play by Lorca, the last he wrote before his assassination, explores the darkness at the heart of repression.