- Emilce Sandra Rees
Updated: Mar 17

Bernarda Alba? Like Thatcher, some say "Find ich gut". Another veritable Mrs Bennet (five brainless daughters to marry). Bernarda hates women but has to manage the finances of the "ranch". Like a Theranos boss on steroids, she has to deal with these "mulillas sin desbravar" and in a Spain of Arabic customs (like Les Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement: mujeres ventaneras y rompedoras de luto) she too might have wished to ride off into the sunset (or sunrise) with a version of Pepe el Romano. And by the way, why is Bernarda asking la Poncia whether Poncia's son is still seeing Pepe at 4 o'clock in the morning? There is indeed a storm in every bedroom. She should have gone to Specsavers though.