The House of Bernadette Ada

An adaptation from the play “The House of Bernarda Alba”

Federico Garcia Lorca

Born on June 5, 1898 in a small town outside Granada, Spain.

His father Don Federico Garcia Rodriguez was a wealthy farmer while his mother Dona Vicenta Lorca was a teacher and a famous pianist.

Lorca was a late bloomer and a slow learner when he was a child. He did not talk until age three or walk until age four.

He studied law at the University of Granada after graduating from secondary school. Lorca failed several classes and moved to Madrid in 1919.

Federico Garcia Lorca

In 1919, he published his first major work originally called “The Slightest of Plays,” which was revised to “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell.” In 1920, he unsuccessfully staged this play in Madrid’s theatre.

Lorca was a well known poet. His first published poem entitled Book of Poems appeared in 1921.

He was especially famous during the 1920’s when he wrote “Gypsy Ballads” (Romancero gitano).

In 1929, after several criticisms from a former friend, Salvador Dali, Garcia Lorcan moved to New York.

Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico Garcia Lorca When Lorca returned to Spain in 1930, he focused his time and effort in directing, performing, and writing plays. His first major work in the theatre entitled “Blood Wedding” brought him wealth and honor in 1933. It was followed by his personal adaptation of “Lope’s The Foolish Lady.” In 1935, Garcia Lorca wrote “Dona Rosita the Spinster” and “The Puppet Play of Don Cristobal.” Among his last works are “The House of Bernarda Alba,” “The Destruction of Sodom,” and the controversial “Sonnets of Dark Love.”

Federico Garcia LorcaDuring the Spanish Civil War, Garcia Lorca visited his hometown in Granada. Two days after his brother-in-law’s execution, Lorca was arrested by the Fascists. He was shot to death after being in prison for several days on August 19, 1936.

The site where Lorca was shot, with three other men.

Statue of Lorca in the Plaza de Santa Ana in Madrid, Spain.

The House of

Bernadette Ada

IntroductionFor the next eight years Bernadette and her daughters will mourn because of the death

of her husband…Angustias, the eldest daughter, was allowed to marry a young

man named Juan Malamanga and her other sisters became jealous of her because they

weren’t allowed to be in a relationship. However, Adela, the youngest daughter, had

been seeing Juan secretly. One night, Angustias’s picture of Juan went missing….

ANGUSTIAS: Where ish Juan's pictoor that was under my

pillow? Which one you hab it?

MARGARET: nobody!

ANGUSTIAS: Where's da pictoor?

ADELA: What pictoor?

ANGUSTIAS: Sombody hide my pictoor!

MAGDALENA: How dare you say something like dat!

ANGUSTIAS: It was in my betroom and now it's not der

MARGARET: Maybe da boonie dog took it into da jungle. Juan like to walk when the coconut crab come

out at night.

ANGUSTIAS: Stop tell me jokes! When Juan comes, I'm gonna telling him!

Poncio: No! Don't tyell! It will appear. Maybe the

white lady just borrowed it.

ANGUSTIAS: I want to know who stolen Juan's pictoor

dats in my betroom NOW! ADELA: Someone have it..

but it's not me

MARGARET: yeah yeah, op course not you.

BERNADETTE: What da hell is all this rukus? Da next door neighbors are probably listening to all of you!

ANGUSTIAS: They taken my babes pictoor!

BERNADETTE: WHO? WHO?

ANGUSTIAS: DEM!

BERNADETTE: Which one of you took it? Tyell me! Check da rooms, look under the futons. This is from not making you guys feed the pigs and having more discipline! I will

make sure da taotaomona pinches whoever took it. Angustias, Are you

sure? ANGUSTIAS: Opo Nay!

BERNADETTE: You looked everywhere? Even under da Bar-B-

Que pit.

ANGUSTIAS: Opo, Nana.

BERNADETTE: At dis point in my life you all can give me a heartattack with all the bad stuff you children do! (To Poncia) You can't find it?

PONCIA: Here oh. I pound it.

BERNADETTE: Where'd you find it?

PONCIA: ahm..it were...

BERNADETTE: Thalk already! Stop being

scared!

PONCIA: Between da sheet op Margaret's bed.

BERNADETTE: Is dis true?

MARGARET= Yes, moder!

BERNADETTE: The tataomona are going to

bite you in your sleep! You only cause trouble in our

own house!

MARGARET: Don't spank me nanay!

BERNADETTE: I borned you, I will spank you as many times as i want!

MARGARET: If i let chu! You hear dat? Move away prom me!

PONCIA: Sow sum respect por your mama.

ANGUSTIAS: Leab her alone! Come

on!

BERNADETTE= No more tears left for you!

MARGARET: I won't cry just to make you happy.

BERNADETTE: Why did you take it?

MARGARET: I can't joke wid my own sistar? Why else would i want Juan's

pictoor?

ADELA: That was no funny! You don't even like jokes! There was something else that you are hiding and you've been wanting to say. Just say it

already!

MARGARET: Shut your mout! Don't make me say anything because if I do, our house will

come crasing in like da wabes at fujita beach!

ADELA: Der's no end to what the devil says.

BERNADETTE: ADEEEELA!

MAGDALENA: Sus maryosep! the both of you!

MARGARET: Other people do worser tings

ADELA: Until there is nothing else dat dey are wearing and they let the

wabes pulling them away.

BERNARDA: You are a devil girl!

ANGUSTIAS: It's not my pault Juan like me!

ADELA: Only por your own cash dat your tatay gabe

you!

ANGUSTIAS: Inay!

BERNADETTE: SHUT UP!

MARGARET: For your land near da beach and your sampaguita.

MAGDALENA: That's da trut!

BERNADETTE: Be quiet all of you! I could already see the typhoon coming, but i didn't know it would hit us this fast. Oh Santa Maria, what a shower of lattestones has pulled down my own heart! But, i'm not old yet! I still have five chains from the pitbulls for each of you. I even got these walls that my father built so not even da weeds in da yard know of any of my grief.

Get da hell out of here!

Margaret was another sister who is in love with

Juan Malamanga. One night, Margaret caught

Adela and Juan together. While they were

arguing, Bernadette and the others woke up to

see what was happening…

BERNADETTE: Slow down, slow down. He's

lucky I don’t have a machetein betwen my

calloos ands. MARGARET: She was wit him!

Lok at her sleepers, it's cobered in red dirt!

BERNADETTE: A puton wid red dirt is a pok poks’s

puton.

ADELA : (Telling her off) There will be no more witch boice ear! This is what i do to nana's cane!

Don't moob! No one but Juan Malamanga tells me how to

running my own life!

MAGDALENA: Adela!

ADELA: I am his chat mack. (To Angustias) Now you know! Go

and tell im! He will be the man of da ouse! He's outside, breathing like a wild pig being cooked for a

fandango. (fandango is the chamorro term for a HUGE

wedding) ANGUSTIAS: OH SANTA MARIA! In Jesus' name!

BERNADETTE: The Machete! Where is the Machete?!

ADELA: No one can hold me back! (She

splits)

ANGUSTIAS: You will not leave her all happy joy joy! You stealer! You

make our own house look bat!

MAGDELENA: Go ahead and make her go! We won't see her

again, maybe she'll move to Yigo!

* A slice from the machete is heard *

BERNADETTE: Try looking por dat boy

now!

MARGARET: Patay si' Juan Malamanga.

ADELA: Juan! Oh my got! Juan!

PONCIO: Is the boy patay?

MARGARET: No. He rode off in his moped!

BERNADETTE: It's all my pault! Woomans don't

have good aim!

MARGARET: How come you said that den?

MARGARET: For Christ's sake!  * I would have poured finadine on

her head!

PONCIO= (tsk tsk..) Putang-ina that

wooman.

MAGDALENA: *Lanya That Devil!

BERNADETTE: It's bedder like dat!

PONCIO: Open Sesame!

BERNADETTE: Don't make me knock down that door girl! Shame on you, the walls won't protect you!

(Adela runs to her room and locks the door)

BERNADETTE: Open the door diablo, or i will break it down with my feet!  Adela! Bring someting

heavy to fokai the door!

* Poncio screams *

BERNADETTE: What happen?

PONCIO : These is Disaster!! PONCIO : Do not enter inside der!

BERNADETTE= Ai Nako! Tan Ana and Tun Juan is getting up next

door!

BERNADETTE: NO! I won't! Juan you can run trew the jungle, but you can't hide! Take her down adai. My nene died a virgin. Take her to her betroom and put on a white dresh. No one tell nobody! She died a virgin. Tell pale' (chamorro

term for priest in the village) to ring the bells  when there's almost no more light in the sky.

MARGARET: *Lucky dat girl to have a chat ma like him

BERNADETTE: I don't want to see any of you crying! Hush your mouf! You can cry when your by yourself! We will mourn this deaf! Adela died

a virgin! You hear that?! SHHH. I said to be QUIET!

Christina SablanCindelle Sazon

Eric SimonJose Mari Topacio

The End