TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - The house of Bernarda Alba DA - 2003. CY - Princeton, NJ : AU - García Lorca, Federico, AU - MacDonald, Robert David. AU - Espert, Nuria. AU - Burge, Stuart. AU - Jackson, Glenda. AU - Plowright, Joan. AU - Findlay, Deborah. AU - Hanna, Gillian. AU - Lewis, Emma. AU - McCourt, Emer. AU - Hamilton, Suzanna. AU - Hayes, Patricia, AU - Legrand, Julie. AU - Maddox, Mary. AU - Melville, Pauline. AU - Root, Amanda. CN - PQ6613.A763 CN - PQ6613.A763 PB - Films for the Humanities and Sciences, PP - Princeton, NJ : LA - Translated and adapted from Federico Garciá Lorca's play La casa de Bernarda Alba. PY - 2003. N1 - Video release of the 1991 television production. ID - 273404 KW - Women TI - The house of Bernarda Alba ER -