The House of Bernarda Alba
A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Amaya Distribution, Thirteen, Channel 4 Television
- keyword: suicide, jealousy, tradition, based on play or musical, tragedy, authoritarianism, illicit affair
- cast: Glenda Jackson, Joan Plowright, Patricia Hayes, Deborah Findlay, Suzanna Hamilton, Gillian Hanna
