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...Bernarda Alba” are not always perfect. Yet the show succeeds in presenting a drama that is both amusing and deeply tragic through a painfully up-close lens.In portraying women who must battle oppression as well as their own passions, the actors all have outstanding performances. Alexandra C. Palma ’08 is particularly arresting as the matriarch, Bernarda Alba. She gives a nuanced portrayal of a tyrannical, yet vulnerable mother; Palma’s expressive face shows her internal conflicts well. Although Bernarda is the ostensible oppressor of the family, the suggestion that it is actually...
...Bernarda Alba” is, in fact, a “social experiment,” according to Birnbaum, asking what would happen were men to disappear. Set in rural Spain, the cloistered home of matron Bernarda Alba, played by Alexandra C. Palma ’08, is rife with internal female conflict and external societal tensions. The cast, which is comprised of nine female actors, includes Ellen C. Quigley ’07 as Poncia, a servant, and Olga I. Zhulina ’09, as the fiery youngest daughter Adela...
...herself because of her love of the sport. She’s clearly Olympic material.” Harvard men’s fencers Benji Ungar and Teddy Sherrill are also competing in the Junior World Championships in today’s epee event. —Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...
...Reviewer Alexandra N. Atiya can be reached at atiya@fas.harvard.edu...