Blood Wedding is set in a village community in Lorca's Andalusia, and
tells the story of a couple drawn irresistibly together in the face of
an arranged marriage. This tragic and poetic play is the work on which
his international reputation was founded.
Like many of Lorca's passionate and intensely lyrical plays that focus
on peasant life and the forces of nature, Blood Wedding combines
innovatory dramatic technique with Spanish popular tradition.
Methuen Drama Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide
range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the
complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a chronology of
the playwright's life and work; an introduction giving the background to
the play; a discussion of the various interpretations; notes on
individual words and phrases in the text; and questions for further
study.