Drama

Yerma

Name: Yerma
Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
ISBN: 9789505811441

by Federico Garcia Lorca

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Overview

In a remote Spanish village Yerma, a woman full of life and passion, longs for a child but is unable to conceive. This compelling and elemental tale of a woman's quest for a child taps into some of the universal themes of theatre - love, passion, sexuality, marriage.

Synopsis

A new volume in the popular value-for-money Drama Classics series.

About the Author, Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico Garc?a Lorca was born in 1898, in Andalusia, Spain. A poet and dramatist, and also a gifted painter and pianist, his early popular ballads earned him the title of 'poet of the gypsies'. In 1930 he turned his attention to theatre, visiting remote villages and playing classic and new works for peasant audiences. In 1936, shortly after the outbreak of Civil War, he was murdered by Nationalist partisans. His body was never found.