OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Sebastian Barry 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Federico García Lorca

• Author Notes

  A version of the play by Federico Garcia Lorca.

• Setting

  An Andalucian village over a period of three months in the 1930s.

• Synopsis

  In rural Spain, five daughters exist in a cloistered household managed by their widowed mother and demented grandmother. The mother enforces an eight year mourning period, and tensions build.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Female

  20

• Total

  20

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  14 April 2003

• Producer

  Produced by Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed on the Abbey Stage.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.