Blood Wedding/Bodas de sangre@ Theatre at the Mill
Federico Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding is a tragedy focusing on a woman and the two men who love her. The play examines the societal norms that keep her from being with the man she loves. The power of desire is explored as the play unveils the consequences of gender roles and isolation. In this lesson, we'll go over the play's conflict, characters, and themes.
Let
the bride wake
on her wedding day.
Let the world’s rivers
carry her garland!
Nana, baby, nana
there was a great big horse
who wouldn't drink the water
The water was black
among the reeds and branches.
Coming to the bridge
it stops and sings a song.
Who can say my baby,
what the water hides
walking with her silk train
through her dark, green house?
Sleep my flower blosson
for the horse won't drink
Sleep my flower blossom
So the horse won't weep.
Wounded his legs,
frozen his mane,
and deep in his eyes,
a sharp, silver blade.
They came to the river,
They ran to the river!
And the blood rushed downstream,
Faster than the water.
'By the late nineteenth century, Belfast was one of the greatest centres for textile manufacture in the world. One of its most important production sites was Mossley Mill at Newtownabbey. Originally started as the Carnmoney Cotton Printing Works by an Ulster-Scot called David Bigger, it later became Mossley Mill, and the family name most associated with the mill is that of the Campbells.
In 1859, two entrepreneurial Ulster-Scots cousins called Henry and John Campbell, bought Mossley Mill. Both as businessmen and employers, they were remarkably progressive for their time, establishing a school, building homes for their workers and creating a new sports pavilion. They were also shrewd businessmen, and invested well in new buildings and machinery.
The Campbell family continued to successfully run the Mill during the 20th century, but by the late 1970s, the business faced stiff competition from abroad. In 1978, Mossley Mill amalgamated with Barbour Threads of Hilden, but it closed in 1995.
In 1996, Newtownabbey Borough Council bought the site to create its new Civic Headquarters.' (http://discoverulsterscots.com/place/mossley-mill)
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