Bán
Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre
★★★☆☆
The House of Bernarda Alba, Federico García Lorca’s fraught 1936 play, is more than a mere starting point for this brilliantly acted ensemble piece from the gifted Carys D Coburn.
Reminders of that Spanish classic reverberate throughout. Bríd Ní Neachtain, solid like a nautical figurehead, is as fearsome a matriarch as any actor in the role of Bernarda. The green dress worn by the youngest daughter in defiance of mourning makes an appearance.
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