“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” ― Federico García Lorca
Winner of the CRE Race in the Media Award (BBC Radio 4 adaptation)
A Yearning (1995)
Adapted by Ruth Carter from Federico García Lorca’s Yerma
Amar, a bride from India, yearns for a child but her husband Jaz is too preoccupied with his Birmingham minicab firm to see her loneliness. Faced with Amar’s failure to conceive, the community that was once nurturing becomes increasingly stifling...
A transposition of Lorca's classic to Britain's Punjabi community, A Yearning addresses the plight of a woman married into a society where her real worth is measured by her ability to have children. Tamasha was delighted that for this production they were able to secure the renowned acting talents of Zohra Segal.
Credits
Director Kristine Landon-Smith
Designer Sue Mayes
Lighting Designer Paul Taylor
Composer & Musical Director Ansuman Biswas
Literal Translation Gwenda Pandolfi
Sound Designer Mike Furness
Original Cast
Riz Abassi
Farouque Khan
Surendra Kochar
Archie Panjabi
Zita Sattar
Zohra Segal
Harvey Virdi
What People Are Saying
“An intelligent, thought-provoking production, opening a surprisingly accurate window into the aims and aspirations of the Punjabi community in our own city.” Birmingham Weekly Observer
