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By: Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947) | |
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Madame Pepita
Madame Pepita is a dressmaker in Madrid with an inherited fortune and a secret. So naturally she worries about the motivations of the suitors for her daughter's hand. But perhaps she should pay attention to other concerns as well. This play was made into a BBC movie in 1952. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Madame Pepita, aged 38: Availle Catalina, aged 17: Jenn Broda Galatea, aged 25: Matea Bracic Carmen, aged 28: Devorah Allen Cristina, aged 16: Sonia A Sewing Girl, aged 20: Son of the Exiles Don Guillermo, aged 40: Adrian Stephens Alberto, aged 22: Tomas Peter Don Luis, aged 55: ToddHW Augusto, aged 25 : Andrew Gaunce Andres, aged 30: David Purdy Stage directions: MichaelMaggs | |
Cradle Song
"In 1911 [Martinez Sierra and his wife/co-author Maria] achieved a definitive and permanent triumph with the production of The Cradle Song.... The Cradle Song is a reminiscence of Maria's youth in Carabanchel, a town in which her father was convent doctor and where her sister took the veil, the Sister Joanna of the Cross of the play. [Martinez] has paused to probe some universal passion or emotion... in The Cradle Song, to echo the cry of the eternal mother instinct while has been stifled and denied... | |
Romantic Young Lady
Rosario is reading a sentimental novel, A Spring Romance. "Into a life may come visions and phantoms, envoys and heralds of the true love that still delays... But on that divine night, when...." Suddenly, a tremendous lightening flash, a burst of thunder, and there appears at her window --- - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Rosario: Jenn Broda Dona Barbarita: WendyKatzHiller Maria Pepa: Sonia Irene: Joanna Michal Hoyt Amalia: Mira Williams The Apparition: ToddHW Emilio: Greg Giordano Mario: Alan Mapstone Pepe: James R. Hedrick Don Juan: Adrian Stephens Guillermo: Jake Malizia Stage Directions: TR Love Editing: ToddHW | |