Bodas de sangre

Bodas de Sangre ('Blood Wedding') is a play by the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932, and first performed in 1933.

It is a play about the classic story of a young woman who is not allowed to marry her lover and is instead engaged to a more suitable man whom she does love. However, her heart has already been taken by her lover. On the day of her wedding she runs away with her lover, who is married to her cousin, and it is interesting to see the series of events leading up to the wedding day and the events afterwards. An interesting element of this play is the fact that none of the characters have names except for the lover, who is Leonardo – the rest are named according to who they play, such as the Bride, Son and Mother.