- Title: The House Of Bernarda Alba
- Date: 19th April 1992
- Summary: THE CELEBRATED NURIA ESPERT PRODUCTION OF LORCA'S GREAT SPANISH CLASSIC, FEATURING GLENDA JACKSON AND JOAN PLOWRIGHT. GLENDA JACKSON PLAYS THE MATRIARCHAL BERNARDA ALBA WHO CONTROLS HER HOUSEHOLD OF WOMEN AND REPRESSES THE AMBITIONS AND PERSONALITIES OF HER FIVE DAUGHTERS. JOAN PLOWRIGHT PLAYS THE FAMILY'S MAID, LA PONCIA, HER CLOSEST ALLY AND REMORSELESS ENEMY. LORCA'S PLAY IS DEEPLY TRAGIC AND UNCOMPROMISING, PERHAPS HIS MOST ELOQUENT ATTACK ON THE REPRESSIVE TRADITIONS OF THE OLD ORDER IN SPAIN. IT WAS AN ATTITUDE WHICH COST HIM HIS LIFE IN THE OPENING WEEKS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR IN 1936, THE YEAR IN WHICH HE FINISHED THE PLAY WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED FOR OVER A DECADE.
- Description:THE CLASSIC PERFORMANCE OF LORCA'S MOST POPULAR DRAMA.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:HOLMES ASSOCIATES LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:19/04/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s