The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba tells the story of an oppressive matriarch living in a Spanish village who imposes upon her five daughters an eight-year period of mourning, after her husband’s death. Tensions mount as secret relationships and betrayals reveal themselves during the house arrest, offering a glimpse into the truism “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” The House of Bernarda Alba foreshadowed the rise of Franco’s dictatorship in Spain and Lorca’s ultimate assassination by Franco’s militia.