On 22nd July 1928 in the dusty heat of the Andalusian province of Almeria, a young bride abandoned her husband-to-be on the very morning of their wedding day to elope with her childhood sweetheart. In this society, where the obsession with reputation and honour has been sharpened by prolonged contact with successive waves of Islam and inquisitorial Catholicism, retribution was both swift and violent.
Reinterpreted by Federico Garcia Lorca, the incident has been turned into one of the worlds most classic works of theatre.