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- Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and Other Poems (1962). This is a concise collection of selected poems, translated and introduced by A. L. Lloyd.
- The House of Bernarda Alba (1936) is the concluding play of Lorca's so-called "rural trilogy." It was finished in the last year of his life and first performed in 1945 in Buenos Aires. Bernarda Alba is a strict matriarch whose household suffocates the lives and desires of her daughters.
- Antigone (late 440s B.C.E.), written by the Greek playwright Sophocles, revolves around the tragedy of Antigone, who defies royal orders to perform funeral rites for her brother. She faces a death sentence for her defiance.
- Romeo and Juliet (1595) is William Shakespeare's most timeless play about love and passion. The title characters meet their tragic end in an effort to escape a family feud that would otherwise separate them.
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), by American playwright Tennessee Williams, is a drama of raw passions where a dynamic couple contrasts with the deteriorating stability of an unstable heroine.
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