Blood Wedding (NHB Classic Plays)

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder. On the eve of the wedding of a young couple from rival clans, the bride-to-be elopes with a former lover. The groom's mother is torn between a desire for vengeance and the instinct to protect her son. This version of Blood Wedding by Tanya Ronder was first staged at the Almeida Theatre, London, in May 2005, in a production directed by Rufus Norris and starring Gael García Bernal. '[Ronder's] translation has the punch and power of what remains an astonishingly bold and often beautiful modern tragedy' - The Times

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca, known as Federico García 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.