Name: Yerma By Federico Garcia Lorca
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Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca

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The tale of an impassioned, childless woman living with her husband in rural Spain. Tortured by her incessant longing to conceive a child, Yerma is driven by madness to commit a heinous crime.

Federico Garcia Lorca's play Yerma was first performed in 1934.

This English translation by Jo Clifford is published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series. The edition also includes an introduction by Jo Clifford, a chronology and suggestions for further reading.

About Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Garcia Lorca, known as Federico Garcia Lorca (5 June 1898 - 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.

Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. His major plays include Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba

He was executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Jo Clifford (formerly known as John Clifford) is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.

She is the author of about eighty plays, many of which have been performed all over the world. They include: Losing Venice, Every One, Faust and The Tree of Knowledge. Her adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations makes her the first openly transgendered woman playwright to have had a play on in London's West End.

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GOR005673432

ISBN 13

9781854595782

ISBN 10

1854595784

Title

Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca

Author

Federico Garcia Lorca

Series

Drama Classics

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Nick Hern Books

Year published

20101125

Number of pages

96

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Yerma Federico Garcia Lorca

Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca

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