Publications

Blood WeddingBlood Wedding and Yerma
Published by TCG, 1994
Translated by Langston Hughes and W. S. Merwin, Introduction by Melia Bensussen
These never-before-published translations unite two of Lorca’s most passionate masterpieces with two of America’s most gifted poets.

For production rights, email Melia Bensussen at Melia_Bensussen@emerson.edu

“Federico Garcia Lorca’s tragic play, Blood Wedding, which Upstream Theater is currently presenting, is given a lyrical translation by Langston Hughes and a stunningly dark adaption by Melia Bensussen.”

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“The revolutionary legacy of Federico García Lorca endures in his poetry and in his three poetic tragedies. The first of the three plays, “Blood Wedding,” surges with passion and earth wisdom, both of which are captured in Melia Bensussen’s vivid production at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.”
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Loves Labour's Lost

Love’s Labour’s Lost
edited by Felicia Londre
published by Routledge, 1997

Women Stage Directors Speak

Women Stage Directors Speak
by Rebecca Daniels
McFarland, 2000

 

 

Women Direct Shakespeare

Women Direct Shakespeare
by Nancy Taylor

  Jews and Theater in an Intercultural Context 
  Edited by Edna Nahshon