Yerma (other)
''Yerma'' is a 1934 play by García Lorca ''Yerma'' may also refer to: * ''Yerma'' (1984 film) * ''Yerma'' (1998 film) * ''Yerma'' (opera) See also * Jerma (other) Jerma may refer to: * Jerma (river), a river of Serbia and Bulgaria * Jerma people, an ethnic group of Niger and neighbouring countries * Jerma language, a language of West Africa * Jerma (Libya), an archaeological site in Libya * Jerma985, Amer ...

Yerma
''Yerma'' is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García 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. Plot * ''Act 1, scene 1:'' Yerma has been married two years. She wants to strengthen her husband, Juan, so he can give her children. Telling Yerma to stay at home, Juan goes back to his work in the olive groves, and Yerma talks and sings to the child she wishes she were carrying. María, married five months and already pregnant, asks Yerma to sew for the baby. Yerma fears that if she, too, doesn't conceive soon, her blood will turn to poison. The couple's friend, Víctor, sees Yerma sewing and assumes she is pregnant. His advice when he learns the truth: Try harder. *''Act 1, scene 2:'' Yerma has just taken Juan his dinner ...
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Yerma (1984 Film)
''Yerma'' is a 1984 Hungarian drama film directed by Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay, based on the play of the same name written by Federico García Lorca. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot Yerma, a beautiful young woman, lives with her husband Juan in an idyllic Andalusia village. They both long for a child, but Juan cannot fulfill his wife's desire. Cast * Mareike Carrière as María * Mathieu Carrière as Víctor * Róbert Gergely as Leonardo * Titusz Kovács as Juan, Yerma's Husband * Gudrun Landgrebe as Yerma * Mária Sulyok as Dolores * Hédi Temessy as Magdalena See also * List of submissions to the 57th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Hungary has submitted films for the Academy Award ...
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Yerma (1998 Film)
''Yerma'' is a 1998 Spanish drama film directed and written by Pilar Távora which stars Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, alongside Juan Diego and Irene Papas. It is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Federico García Lorca. Plot A tragedy set in rural Andalusia, the plot follows the plight of a childless woman obsessed with the prospect of having offspring, torn between hopefulness and desperation. Cast Production The film was produced by Artimagen Producciones with the collaboration of Canal Sur Televisión and TVE. It was fully shot in Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva and Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul .... Release The film screened at the 1998 San Sebastián Film Festival as well as in Puerto Rico and Chicago. It was domestically di ...
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Yerma (opera)
''Yerma'' is an opera in three acts by Heitor Villa-Lobos based on the tragedy of the same name by Federico García Lorca. History ''Yerma'' was commissioned in 1955 by an old friend of Villa-Lobos, Hugh Ross, the conductor of the New York Schola Cantorum, and by John Blankenship, at that time head of the drama department at Sarah Lawrence College. The original plan was that García Lorca's play would be translated into English by the Scottish poet Alastair Reid, but Villa-Lobos immediately began setting the original Spanish text. It was composed partly in New York, partly in Paris, and was finished in 1956. ''Yerma'' was first performed by the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 12, 1971 (erroneously reported in one source as July 12), and repeated just once, on August 18. The Santa Fé premiere was produced by Basil Langton, choreographed by José Limón, with scenery by Allen Charles Klein. Paintings by Giorgio de Chirico were projected on the walls during the ...
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