The House of Bernarda Alba single work   drama  
Adaptation of The House of Bernarda Alba Federico Garcia Lorca , 1936 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The House of Bernarda Alba
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'With their mining-mogul father dead, the Alba household is in mourning. All four daughters have been called home to pay their respects by their mother, Bernarda, who is truly a force of nature.

'The future seems wildly uncertain for all but the eldest sister, who has inherited a fortune and is engaged to the local heartthrob. But as tensions rise and tempers flare, will any of them have the power to alter their own destinies?' (Production summary)

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  • Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company. Performed at Fairfax Studio, Melbourne: 25 May - 7 July 2018.

    Director: Leticia Cáceres.

    Set and Costume Designer: Marg Horwell.

    Lighting Designer: Rachel Burke.

    Composer: Irine Vela.

    Cast including Peta Brady, Julie Forsyth, Bessie Holland, and Melita Jurisic.

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First known date: 2018
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    y separately published work icon Lovely Lovely Sometimes Ugly Patricia Cornelius , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2019 17387702 2019 selected work drama

    'In Lovely Lovely Sometimes Ugly, a collection of four plays by one of Australia’s most fearless playwrights, Patricia Cornelius displays all her skill, wit, beauty and anger, and serves them up like a still beating heart on a chipped plate.

    'Cornelius’s signature grungy poetic style is at its finest in the early play Love, a brutally beautiful journey into the emotional core of three broken souls in a broken world. In SLUT, a short, sharp stab into the heart of internalised misogyny, Cornelius explores the life and perceived crimes of Lolita, a schoolgirl whose sexual confidence both frightens and fascinates her peers. In The Club takes us into the adrenalin-fuelled, macho-pumped world of professional footballers and its intersection with slut-shaming and issues of consent. And in the sweeping, Lorca-inspired The House of Bernadette, the family of women left behind after the death of a patriarch is a goldmine of female desire, sexual repression, and individual compromise.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

         Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2019
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Works about this Work

The House of Bernada Alba Is an Extraordinary Portrait of Imposed Silence and Female Misogyny Ana Puchau de Lecea , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 June 2018;

'Could a Spanish rural drama written in the 1930s still be relevant in 2018 Australia? In their production of Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, director Leticia Cáceres and playwright Patricia Cornelius show us that it can.'  (Introduction)
Patricia Cornelius : I Have Always Had to Strategise My Own Safety around Men Jane Howard (interviewer), 2018 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 27 February 2018;

'After 36 years as a writer, and ahead of two new plays, Australia’s most award-winning playwright talks about funding, football and the #MeToo movement.' 
Patricia Cornelius : I Have Always Had to Strategise My Own Safety around Men Jane Howard (interviewer), 2018 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 27 February 2018;

'After 36 years as a writer, and ahead of two new plays, Australia’s most award-winning playwright talks about funding, football and the #MeToo movement.' 
The House of Bernada Alba Is an Extraordinary Portrait of Imposed Silence and Female Misogyny Ana Puchau de Lecea , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 June 2018;

'Could a Spanish rural drama written in the 1930s still be relevant in 2018 Australia? In their production of Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, director Leticia Cáceres and playwright Patricia Cornelius show us that it can.'  (Introduction)
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