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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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Via Melbourne Theatre Company.
Production Details
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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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Works about this Work
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The House of Bernada Alba Is an Extraordinary Portrait of Imposed Silence and Female Misogyny
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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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.'
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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.'
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The House of Bernada Alba Is an Extraordinary Portrait of Imposed Silence and Female Misogyny
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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