ABSTRACT
“Writing for the Stage” examines Lorca’s tragedies Blood Wedding, Yerma, and The House of Bernarda Alba, a trilogy written between 1932 and 1936 with the goal of obtaining commercial and critical recognition before proceeding to what he thought would constitute a comprehensive reform of the theatrical industry in Spain. The contemporary genre of the ‘rural drama’ was the background against whom the originality of Lorca’s tragedies was measured. Moreover, Lorca’s tragedies maintain a close dialogue with Calderón’s drama, as a baroque code of honor is central to the actions and behaviors of female figures in Lorca’s three plays.
