Harriet Walter leads a superb cast in a new version of Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba on the Lyttelton stage of the National Theatre in London. The play about an authoritarian household in 1930s Spain has been rewritten by Alice Birch and is directed by Rebecca Frecknall. The cast includes Lizzie Annis, Pearl Chanda, Rosalind Eleazor, Isis Ainsworth, Bryony Hannah, Thusitha Jayasundera, Eileen Nicholas and Eliot Salt. The set is designed by Merle Hensel.
Paul Seven Lewis asks: Does Ms Frecknall confirm the reputation she has built following her success with Cabaret at The Playhouse and A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida? Does Alice Birch's rewrite reinvigorate or ruin Lorca's original?
The House Of Bernarda Alba was performed at the National Theatre from November 2023 to January 2024.
Paul was given a review ticket by the theatre.
Production photos used in this review are copyright Marc Brenner.
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