Blood Wedding
Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)
Published on 18. May 2015
112 pages
978-1-78001-126-4 (ISBN)
Description
The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are accurate and above all actable. The editions of English-language plays include a glossary of unusual words and phrases to aid understanding.
Blood Wedding is García Lorca's passionate, lyrical tale of longing and revenge: a twentieth century masterpiece.
Translated by Jo Clifford.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78001-126-4 (9781780011264)
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Persons
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca, known as Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 - 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.
Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. His major plays include Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba
He was executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Jo Clifford (formerly known as John Clifford) is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Key Dates
- Further Reading
- Blood Wedding
- Characters
- Act One
- Scene One
- Scene Two
- Scene Three
- Act Two
- Scene One
- Scene Two
- Act Three
- Scene One
- Final Scene
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
