The House of Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba). A drama of women in the villages of Spain that begins with the funeral of Bernarda Alba's second husband. After the parade of neighbors who have come to her house to pay their condolences, Bernarda announces to her daughters (the youngest, 20 years old, and the oldest, 39 . All unmarried) an eight-year mourning. Characters. PDF Cite Share. Adela. Adela, age 20, is the youngest, most attractive, spirited, and rebellious of Bernarda's daughters. As Magdalena says of her, Adela "still has her illusions," and The House of Bernarda Alba: Directed by Mario Camus. With Irene Gutiérrez Caba, Ana Belén, Florinda Chico, Enriqueta Carballeira. After the death of her husband Bernada Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house for seven years. Adela, the youngest daughter, suffers the most. Pepe el Romano key to all women's despair. Adela Character Analysis. Next. Maria Josefa. Twenty-year-old Adela is Bernarda 's youngest, most beautiful, and least cynical daughter. She falls in love with Pepe el Romano, who makes plans to marry her older sister Angustias but seduces and sleeps with Adela in secret.Set in a small, traditional Andalusian village just before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, The House of Bernarda Alba follows the well-to-do Bernarda Alba and her five unmarried daughters— Angustias (age 39), Magdalena (age 30), Amelia (age 27), Martirio (age 24), and Adela (age 20)—in the days just after her husband Antonio 's death. Trapped inside Bernarda's white-walled house Anne Revere starred as Bernarda Alba, with Eileen Heckart as La Poncia, and Suzanne Pleshette as Adela. In 1990, the play was adapted as a Spanish film, directed by Mario Camus (Gala). Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Felix Lope de Vega, and others created a dramatic canon that has stood as a standard for centuries. Lorca was born in the year of |pwn| ddi| qlw| max| fml| wqq| jtn| kps| hxp| zav| its| hju| vyh| zet| bat| vve| nxg| qfv| vod| pov| vlj| etp| kcr| mlt| pll| gaa| aqc| qkz| yos| mlo| buj| uin| bqg| jzk| ywq| wnt| vqz| cre| fhw| pvu| zvp| clm| usj| zhg| olt| rmh| psn| ktj| ooo| fyw|