Federico Garcia Lorca Blood Wedding


Blood Wedding By Federico Garcia Lorca, adapted by Ted Hughes. An evocative meditation on fate, war, tradition, passion and repression, inspired by the true story of a fatal feud between two families in the Almeria province, high in the mountains of rural Spain.   Mother of bridegroom: Barbara Flynn Bridegroom/Woodcutter: Carl Prekopp Bride: Sarah Smart Leonardo: William Ash Leonardo's wife: Andrea Riseborough Father of the bride: David Fleeshman Beggar woman/Neighbour: Mary Cunningham Servant/Mother-in-law: Ellie Haddington Moon: Claire Benedict Girls: Liz Carter Woodcutter: Sam Curtis Woodcutter: Chris Hannon Little girl: Daisy Jones Music Composer: Matthew Wood Director: Pauline Harris Drama on 3: Sun 25th Nov 2007 20:00 on BBC Radio 3 The theme of this work arose as a result of a news item in the press: two lovers elope on the eve of the woman's wedding to another man. Garia Lorca turns reality into poetry. In his work there is a desire for freedom, Andalusianism, symbolism and death, but above all, dramatic poetry. Bodas de sangre is, then, a play where the torn passions of its protagonists are unleashed before the attentive gaze of the moon, a beautiful and terrible personification of death. 

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.