Do@00000041@#241;a Rosita the Spinster

@00000400@In @00000373@Dona Rosita the Spinster@00000155@, set in Granada around 1900,Lorca paints a sympathetic picture of a young girl as she waits in vainfor her fiance to return and her hopes of marriage fade. The fate ofRosita, symbolised by the rosa mutabile, which pales from red to pinkto white in the course of a day, appears the more poignant as Lorcacasts a satirical eye at the middle-class society of Granada by whichshe is surrounded. @00000163@@00000400@First performed in 1935, @00000373@Dona Rosita@00000155@ was greeted as one of Lorca's finest achievements and it remains a classic work of Spanish theatre alongside Lorca's @00000373@Blood Wedding@00000155@, @00000373@The House of Bernarda Alba @00000155@and @00000373@Yerma@00000155@.This Student Edition features parallel English and Spanish texts of theplay, together with a full commentary, questions and a bibliography.@00000163@@00000400@'Dona Rosita @00000373@is the most accessible and personal of all his plays - a wistful tragic-comedy of unfulfilled love' @00000155@Guardian@00000163@

Product details

• Authors: Gwynne Edwards, Federico Garcia Lorca, Federico Garca Lorca, Federico Garcia Lorca, FredericoGarcia Lorca
• Assisted by: Gwynne Edwards (Editor), Gwynne Edwards (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2008
• EAN: 9781408105054
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-0505-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Student Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies