Getting Started

This blog will center on the scenic elements for the Seton Hill University production of The House of Bernarda Alba. We will be using the new english version by David Hare.  Links to other product blogs will be added as they are created.

Images for reflection:

Mujer con Mantilla  by Jose Benlliure y Gil 
This lovely image seems to embody the exact opposite of the women portrayed in the play.

This model of a Napoleon Era Farm helps us to understand the layout of the buildings and courtyard of the property.

This farm has elements of a mini fortress.
Note that there are no windows on the lower level on the exterior side of the wall.
The fortress of farm seems appropriate for the Albas.

A modern Spanish kitchen displaying many traditional elements.

White washed interior with shuttered windows.  I like the texture of the wall in this image.

This table exhibits many of the typical qualities of Spanish Furniture.  
>Heavy structure and appearance
>bold carvings
 >turned legs
>dark stain or oil

Modern photo of an old farm

This image and the one above it illustrate the thickness of the stone walls of the spanish buildings.  Look around the windows to see how deeply they are set into the wall.  The bedroom image show the structure of the walls beneath the plaster.

I am not yet sure where Act 1 takes place, it is at least adjacent to the kitchen if not in it.
Page 4 Poncia gestures towards the pots.
"No! Won't do! Not clean enough!"

A Spanish Farm by Jose Benlliure y Gil
This painter died in 1937.
I don't know when this painting was made, but it seems likely this is a farm of the appropriate era. 

When I saw this image it made me think of Adela in her green dress.