Yerma (i.e. Barren in Spanish) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. Lorca describes the play as a tragic poem. The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime. Because of the time she is living in she is expected to bear children.
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Children, Child, Victor, Juan, Female, Maria, Shepherd, Male, Boy, Dolores, Pagan Old Woman, Seven Young Girls, Six Washerwomen, Three Men, Two Girls, Two Old Women, Two Sisters-in-law, Two Women, Yerma
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