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Yerma

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Yerma

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This show is currently closed
Opened on November 15, 2007
Closed on November 18, 2007

Location:
The New LATC
514 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
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Website: www.thenewlatc.com/

Synopsis:
Yerma is the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain who desperately desires motherhood. Her husband is a frugal, economically driven man who has no desire to have children. For him, children are a costly transaction. Yerma's obsession with motherhood drives her to commit a horrific crime. Her desperation is produced by the social norms of her culture, and the play "Yerma" functions as a critique of those norms.

Yerma is part of Lorca's "rural trilogy," three plays that emphasize the submissive position of women who desire freedom in a...

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Location:
The New LATC
514 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

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