NTS Launches New Bernarda Alba
This autumn the National Theatre of Scotland presents a major new version of Federico Garcia Lorca‘s The House of Bernarda Alba which will tour to Glasgow, Dundee, Dunfermline and Edinburgh. Set in contemporary Scotland, Rona Munro’s edgy translation is directed by John Tiffany and features Siobhan Redmond in the title role.
One of the most celebrated European dramas of the 20th century, the play was finished by Lorca shortly before he was executed in Spain for his left-wing politics. He described it as a “drama of women in the villages of Spain” – a theme that is transposed in this version to the tough communities of Glasgow’s East End.
The full cast is Jo Freer, Vanessa Johnson, Anne Lacey, Louise Ludgate, Heather Nimmo, Julie Wilson Nimmo, Myra McFadyen, Mary McCusker, Una McLean, Carmen Pieraccini, Siobhan Redmond and Morag Stark.
– Joseph Pike