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| − | '''''Blood Wedding''''' (original title in Spanish ''Bodas de Sangre'' (1933)) is a tragedy by Spanish dramatic author Frederico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936). Some themes present in ''Blood Wedding'' are the cycle of life, the progression of time, choice, deception, fate, and nature. The cycle of life and progression of time are illustrated by the simple fact that the entire play is devoted to a wedding. The process of marriage in every culture marks the concrete and tangible evidence of a passage from childhood to adulthood, and a progression through life and time. Theatre critics have often grouped it with ''Yerma'' and ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' as a "rural trilogy". Lorca's plan for a "trilogy of the Spanish earth" remained unfinished at the time of his death.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | It was written in 1932 and first performed in Madrid in March 1933 and later that year in Buenos Aires.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | English translation published in ''Three tragedies of Federico Garcia Lorca'', translated by James Graham-Lujan and Richard L. O'Connell. New Directions, 1955.
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| − | Other titles that have been used in English are ''The Fatal Wedding'' or ''Bitter Oleander''.
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[André P. Brink]], entitled ''[[Bloedbruilof]]''.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1985: ''[[Bloedbruilof]]'' was directed by [[Francois Swart]], starring [[Wilna Snyman]], [[Jacques Loots]] and [[Johan Malherbe]]. Design by [[Chris van den Berg]], [[Sand Du Plessis Theatre]], August 1985.
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| − | 1998: Produced by the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] on the centenary of the author's birth, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]] and [[Sandra Temmingh]]. With [[Anel Hamersma]], [[Thain Torres]], [[Busisiswe Pakade]], [[Michelle Gautschi]], [[William Prophet]], [[Riana Alfreds]], [[Sebalo Vinger]], [[Vaneshree Lingham]]. UCT Arena Theatre. In this production the dialogue was in at leats four languages: Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Tamil.
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| − | 2002: Produced by [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], directed by [[Dion van Niekerk]] in May 2002.
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| − | 2005: From Cape Town is a collaborative work between the La Rosa Spanish Dance Theatre and [[Adéle Blank]]'s Free Flight Dance Company in a reworking of that great Spanish tragedy, ''Blood Wedding'', choreographed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]]. This production opened at the [[Oude Libertas Theatre]] in January and was subsequently seen at the [[KKNK]] and at the Johannesburg's [[Civic Theatre]]. Also at the [[Suidoosterfees]] in January 2006.
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Wedding_(play)].
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| − | ''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
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| − | ''The Cape Times'', 1 September 1998.
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| − | ''[[Die Burger]]'', 27 April 2005.
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| − | ''Sunday Independent'', 28 August 2005.
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| − | Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
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