page_title: Yerma
hierarchical_section_title: Yerma
caption_attribution_description: Español: Las actrices Margarita Xirgu y Pilar Muñoz en una escena del estreno de la obra de teatro Yerma, de Federico García Lorca
context_page_description: Yerma is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime.
context_section_description: Yerma [ˈɟ͡ʝerma] is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime.
caption: Margarita Xirgu and Pilar Muñoz in a scene of the play.
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