Out of the Wings

Yerma (1930-1934), Federico García Lorca

Yerma (2011), translated by Ursula Rani Sarma

Editions

García Lorca, Federico. 2011. Yerma, trans. Ursula Rani Sarma. London, Oberon

Scene

This version adds a Prologue featuring Yerma dancing in the moonlight. She sees Victor holding a little boy by the hand. She holds her arms out to the two of them but they disappear.

Characters

YERMA
MARIA
JUAN
VICTOR
OLD WOMAN
DOLORES
GIRL 1
GIRL 2
WASHER WOMAN 1
WASHER WOMAN 2
WASHER WOMAN 3
WASHER WOMAN 4
WASHER WOMAN 5
SISTER-IN-LAW 1
SISTER-IN-LAW 2

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
15 (total)	15 (total)
2 males	2 males
13 females	13 females

Productions

Yerma (United Kingdom, 2011)

Further information

This 2011 version is an adapted translation of the play. Some conversations have been added or slightly altered. There are a number of fantastical scenes inserted, such as the Prologue in which Yerma sees a vision of Victor and a young child. This is an extended version of the beginning of the play, in which a Shepherd passes by with a young boy. Similarly, at the end of act 2 scene 1, as the washer women rhythmically wash their clothes, Yerma appears at the riverbank. She plunges into the river and finally emerges, gasping for air.

Yerma (1997), translated by John Edmunds

Editions

García Lorca, Federico. 1997. Yerma. In Federico García Lorca: Four Major Plays, trans. John Edmunds. Oxford, Oxford University Press

Characters

YERMA
JUAN
MARIA
VICTOR
PAGAN OLD WOMAN
GIRL 1
GIRL 2
WASHERWOMAN 1
WASHERWOMAN 2
WASHERWOMAN 3
WASHERWOMAN 4
WASHERWOMAN 5
WASHERWOMAN 6
ELDER SISTER
YOUNGER SISTER
DOLORES
OLD WOMAN 1
OLD WOMAN 2
WOMAN 1
WOMAN 2
MALE MASK
FEMALE MASK
MAN 1
MAN 2
MAN 3
BOY
SHEPHERD and LITTLE BOY, PILGRIMS, CROWD

Yerma (2005), translated by Pam Gems

Editions

García Lorca, Federico. 2005. Yerma, trans. Pam Gems. London, Oberon

Scene

This version of the play is divided into six scenes.

Characters

YERMA
JUAN
MARIA
VICTOR
PAGAN WOMAN
DOLORES
CONCHITA, First Young Girl
MASKED DANCER / LOUISA, Second Young Girl
WOMAN ONE
WOMAN TWO
WOMAN THREE
FIRST SISTER
SECOND SISTER
SHEPHERD / MASKED DANCER
MUSICIAN

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
15 (total)	15 (total)
4 males	4 males
11 females	11 females

Productions

Yerma (United Kingdom, 2003)

Yerma (2003), translated by Peter Luke

Editions

García Lorca, Federico. 2003. Plays: One. Blood Wedding, Doña Rosita the Spinster, Yerma, trans. Gwynne Edwards and Peter Luke. London, Methuen.

Productions

Yerma (1990), translated by David Johnston

Editions

García Lorca, Federico. 1990. Yerma and The Love of Don Perlimplín for Belisa in the Garden, trans. David Johnston. London, Hodder and Stoughton

Yerma (2007), translated by A.S. Kline

Editions

García Lorca, Federico. 2007. Yerma, trans. A. S. Kline, http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Spanish/YermaActI.htm [accessed March 2011] (Online Publication)