The National Theatre has revealed rehearsal photos of their forthcoming new revival of The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Rebecca Frecknall (Cabaret) and starring Harriet Walter (Succession).
Adapted by Alice Birch (Normal People), the production is a radical reworking of Federico García Lorca’s classic.
Playful Productions (Opening Night A New Musical) are co-producing the play, which is rumoured to be transferring to the West End following its run at the National Theatre.
The full cast includes Harriet Walter (Succession, Killing Eve) as Bernarda Alba, with Isis Hainsworth (Rebecca Frecknall’s Romeo & Juliet) as Adela, the youngest of Bernarda’s daughters.
They are joined by Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses) as Angustias; Thusitha Jayasundera (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) as Poncia; Lizzie Annis (Extraordinary) as Martirio; Pearl Chanda (War of the Worlds) as Magdalena; Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife) as Maid; Marcia Lecky (The Scottsboro Boys) as Prudencia; Eileen Nicholas (Village Idiot) as Maria Josefa; and Eliot Salt (Fate: The Winx Saga) as Ameila.
The cast also includes Catharine Humphrys, Asha Kingsley, Celia Nelson, Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart, Georgia Silver, Imogen Mackie Walker, Charlotte Workman, James McHugh and Michael Naylor; and the role of the Young Girl will be shared by Esma Akar, Livia Court and Sicily Rose De Bernardini will share the role of Young Girl.
Following Olivier Award-winning revivals of Cabaret in the West End, and A Streetcar Named Desire and Romeo and Juliet at the Almeida, The House of Bernarda Alba marks Rebecca Frecknall’s directorial debut at the National Theatre with .
The creative team also includes Isobel Waller-Bridge (Music), Merle Hensel (Set and Costume Designer), Lee Curran (Lighting Designer), Peter Rice (Sound Designer), Alastair Coomer CDG (Casting), Naomi Downham (Casting) and Lilac Yosiphon (staff director).
The House of Bernarda Alba runs from 16 November 2023 to 6 January 2024 at the National Theatre.
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Photos: The House of Bernarda Alba – rehearsals
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