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The House of Bernarda Alba at a LORT theatre: Lorca’s biography, political and sexual-political viewpoints, the historical context in which the play was written, and the fact that it is an allegory on fascism, are all invaluable contexts useful in understanding and bringing the play to life richly. ... While the play deals with fascism, Lorca wrote a play about struggle for control in a domestic situation, about women in the absence of men, about the lack of freedom to love whom one may in the manner one so chooses. ... ” This action applies to all of the characters in the piece, Bernarda, the daughters, the servants. ... Does one of the daughters have a key that she shouldn’t? ... ” What can we do to put the dramatic action and theme into a more resonant context for an audience of today without making it too specific to one regime or hitting the audience over the head? ... What could we do, then, to give some Middle-Eastern resonance to the piece without resetting it or creating a “Bernarda is Saddam” production? ... We will use these heavily –no one goes outside without a veil.
Approximate Word count = 941
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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