![]() ![]() That house, the one belonging to the real-life Frasquita, has now been restored and opened to the public, becoming the latest on the list of Lorca locations in Granada province. I never talked to them, but I saw them go by like shadows, always in silence and always dressed in black.” ![]() Federico García Lorca.Īs the writer would tell a friend, she was “an old widow who exercised an inexorable and tyrannical control over her single daughters. Subsequently, he would spend a number of summers there with his aunt, Matilde, whose home was separated by a thick wall from the home of Frasquita Alba. ![]() Lorca went to live there as an eight year old in 1906 and stayed until 1907. The story takes place at the start of the 20th century in the town of Asquerosa in the Granada region, which is now known as Valderrubio. The House of Bernarda Alba tells the story of Frasquita Alba, her daughters, her servants and José Benavides – known as Pepe, the Roman, in the play – who is married to one of the daughters and marries another years later. She was an old widow who exercised an inexorable and tyrannical control over her single daughters ![]()
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