Blood Wedding

Lorca's work is studied on Spanish and Drama courses and Blood Wedding, written at the height of his powers, is the work on which his international reputation is founded. A set text for WJEC GCE Drama and Theatre Studies 'Lorca is one of the few indisputably great dramatists of the twentieth century' Observer This Student Edition provides a full commentary and notes, a bibliography and questions for further study Sales of over 1000 copies in 2007.

Blood Wedding is set in a village community in Lorca's Andalusia, and tells the story of a couple drawn irresistibly together in the face of an arranged marriage. This edition includes a full commmenatry and notes.Blood Wedding is set in a village community in Lorca's Andalusia, and tells the story of a couple drawn irresistibly together in the face of an arranged marriage. This tragic and poetic play is the work on which his international reputation was founded. Like many of Lorca's passionate and intensely lyrical plays that focus on peasant life and the forces of nature, Blood Wedding combines innovatory dramatic technique with Spanish popular tradition. Methuen Drama Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work; an introduction giving the background to the play; a discussion of the various interpretations; notes on individual words and phrases in the text; and questions for further study.