{vii} Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

    Biographical Sketch

        1. The Taste of Earth (1898–1909)

        2. The Smell of Mystery (1909–1919)

        3. Capital Gains (1919–1928)

        4. Highs and Lows (1928–1929)

        5. Far from Home (1929–1930)

        6. New Hope (1930–1933)

        7. International Celebrity (1933–1935)

        8. Poisoned Well (1935–1936)

        9. Return to Earth (Summer 1936)

    Critical Guide

        1. Lorca’s Place in Spanish Theater

        2. Performance History and Reception of Lorca’s Plays

        3. Signature Elements of Lorca’s Theater

        4. The Four Plays in Brief

Translator’s Note

  

The Audience: Drama in Five Tableaux

Blood Wedding: Tragedy in Three Acts and Seven Tableaux

Yerma: Tragic Poem in Three Acts and Six Tableaux

The House of Bernarda Alba: Drama about Women in the Villages of Spain

 

Appendix 1: Variations from García-Posada’s Text

Appendix 2: Professional Debuts of Lorca’s Major Plays

For Further Reading

 

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