[1] The play is set in rural Spain and according to some sources was inspired by real life events which took place in Almeria in the 1920s.
[1] Theatre critics often group Blood Wedding with García Lorca's Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba as the "rural trilogy".
García Lorca's planned "trilogy of the Spanish earth" remained unfinished at the time of his death, as he did not include The House of Bernarda Alba in this group of works.
Act I reveals that The Groom's father and brother were killed a few years ago by men from the Felix family.
The Mother, who still hates the Felix family, is furious, but decides to visit the girl before bringing the matter up with The Groom.
The Father orders the house searched, but Leonardo's Wife bursts into the room and announces that her husband and the Bride have run off together.
The Mother, frenzied and furious, orders the entire wedding party out into the night to search for the runaways, as the Father collapses in grief.
Out in the forest (to which Leonardo and The Bride have fled), three woodcutters emerge to discuss the events (in a manner somewhat similar to that of a Greek chorus, except that they speak to each other, not to the audience).
They reveal that the searchers have infiltrated the entire forest, and that Leonardo, who is, after all, carrying a woman, will be caught soon if the moon comes out.
In the town, the women (including Leonardo's wife and mother-in-Law) have gathered near the church to whisper of the events.
Death arrives in the disguise of the beggar woman and, before departing, announces that doom has visited the forest.
The Mother enters the church, full of anger and black bitterness, only to see The Bride returning—her dress covered in the blood of her lovers who killed each other in the forest.