@article{273404, note = {Video release of the 1991 television production.}, author = {GarcĂ­a Lorca, Federico, and MacDonald, Robert David. and Espert, Nuria. and Burge, Stuart. and Jackson, Glenda. and Plowright, Joan. and Findlay, Deborah. and Hanna, Gillian. and Lewis, Emma. and McCourt, Emer. and Hamilton, Suzanna. and Hayes, Patricia, and Legrand, Julie. and Maddox, Mary. and Melville, Pauline. and Root, Amanda.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/273404}, title = {The house of Bernarda Alba [videorecording] /}, publisher = {Films for the Humanities and Sciences,}, abstract = {Set in rural Spain at the turn of this century, the scene is a cloistered household managed by a newly widowed mother of five daughters. Under the shadow of the church and the tyranny bred from a need to protect the reputation of the family, the matron (Bernarda Alba) represses her daughters by enforcing an eight year mourning period. The tensions build rapidly among the imprisoned women, with a demented grandmother playing a role resembling that of a Greek chorus. Eventually, the natural spirits of the daughters circumvent Bernarda, but with tragic results.}, recid = {273404}, pages = {1 videodisc (100 min.) :}, address = {Princeton, NJ :}, year = {2003}, }