role in transforming the Spanish theatre of the twentieth century. In addition to his

original works for the theatres in Barcelona and Madrid, the traveling university theatre he

directed, La Baracca, brought classic Spanish dramas to audiences throughout rural Spain.

Before his execution by the Fascists in 1936, he had amassed a large body of work. His

last three plays established Lorca's international reputation as a playwright.

Born in a small town near the city of Granada in Southern Spain in the Andalusian

Mountains, he was deeply influenced by the Gypsy and Arabic culture there. His father

was a well-to-do farmer, his mother a highly educated school teacher. From the beginning

it was she who nurtured his musical and poetic talents.(Honig 2) He left home for the

University of Granada at the age of sixteen to earn a degree in law. A mediocre student,

he was frustrated by subjects he did not immediately grasp. He cut many classes,

preferring instead to seek the company of literary men, write verse into the wee hours of

the morning, and play piano in night clubs for hours on end.(Stainton

struggle against the loss of her sense of self.

looking for 'reds'. Nevertheless, the fascist police arrested him at his hiding place, and

Each of the three scenes in act one reveals the play's tragic potential. The first

and builds steadily over the course of three acts. As a matriarch, she guards the honor of

as one of the top five Spanish writers of his time.(Honig 215)

destinies of all women. Without their husband, fathers, and sons, they are

feels humbled by the fertility all around her. Her character evolves to its darkest phase in

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