TY  - GEN
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.
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
CY  - Princeton, NJ :
DA  - 2003.
ID  - 273404
KW  - Women
LA  - Translated and adapted from Federico Garciá Lorca's play La casa de Bernarda Alba.
N1  - Video release of the 1991 television production.
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.
PB  - Films for the Humanities and Sciences,
PP  - Princeton, NJ :
PY  - 2003.
T1  - The house of Bernarda Alba
TI  - The house of Bernarda Alba
ER  -