The play was written in 1933 by Federico Garcia Lorca. He was born in a rural background and that perhaps may have affected the play. The play has many references to social, cultural and historical events and themes. Lorca was born in Granada, Spain. Granada is right next to Andalucia, which is where the play is presumed to be set. He met and made friends with a famous artist named Salvador Dali, which may also have influenced some of the parts of Blood Wedding such as the surreal scene with the woodcutters and the moon. Other rising artists at the time may have influenced Blood Wedding such as Picasso and cubist artists. They used symbolism in their art, which could have possibly inspired Lorca to use symbolic language and themes in his play. Lorca was confined to certain guidelines due to politics in Spain at the time and therefore could not express himself as much as he may have liked. Upon return from Cuba, the Spanish government changed and Lorca was allowed more freedom to write and create new literature, plays and art. It was during this period he could create whatever he liked and in which time that he created Blood Wedding. This means that Blood Wedding is not limited in any way and is a
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We could show this through accent, body language, tone, pitch, pause, facial expressions and many other ways of conveying the message. The Spanish civil war occurred shortly after the play was written. Women were seen as ‘marriage tools’ to gain assets. We read the text and interpreted this into our performance. The play reflects moods in Spain at the time as people were beginning to revolt and in 1936 General Franco, a dictator, came to power. The Bride is still expected to marry against her will, as her Father selected a husband for her.
We performed some scenes with our knowledge of Spain in the 1930’s and agriculture. This may have been a key factor for some of his inspiration in creating some scenes like the poetic scenes or scenes that society may have not approved of at the time. The audience could then feel what kind of time period the play was set in, where it was set in and other important features. It was a time of social reform and liberation. Spain was very dry and there were many communities completely secluded from the rest of the world, miles away from anyone else. ‘From here, the church is quite a way, so we’ll go by car’ shows that even one of the most important buildings to many peoples’ lives was a long distance away. Spain was quite a religious nation and this is shown in the text with strong Catholic viewpoints such as strict marriage rules (no divorce or adultery).
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