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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 <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Madame Pepita, aged 38: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br> Catalina, aged 17: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Galatea, aged 25: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Carmen, aged 28: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11084">Devorah Allen</a><br> Cristina, aged 16: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> A Sewing Girl, aged 20: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Don Guillermo, aged 40: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Alberto, aged 22: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Don Luis, aged 55: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Augusto, aged 25 : <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14540">Andrew Gaunce</a><br> Andres, aged 30: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Stage directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12075">MichaelMaggs</a>

"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.... The Cradle Song has been translated into many languages, and has been played and imitated widely throughout the civilized world." - Summary by The Translator <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Sister Joanna of the Cross, 18 years of age: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15380">Annie Mars</a><br> Teresa, aged 18: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15161">mlee06</a><br> The Prioress, aged 40: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> The Vicaress, aged 40: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> The Mistress of Novices, aged 36: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15625">mamatiff82</a><br> Sister Marcella, aged 19: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Sister Maria Jesus, aged 19: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13717">Matea Bracic</a><br> Sister Sagrario, aged 18: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14337">ambsweet13</a><br> Sister Inez, aged 50: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14895">Melinda Fogle</a><br> Sister Tornera, aged 30: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> The Doctor, aged 60: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Antonio, aged 25: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15467">Odie ji Ghast</a><br> The Poet: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> A Countryman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542">David Purdy</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>

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 <BR><BR>Cast list:<BR> Rosario: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13140">Jenn Broda</a><br> Dona Barbarita: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15373">WendyKatzHiller</a><br> Maria Pepa: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br> Irene: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15580">Joanna Michal Hoyt</a><br> Amalia: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16409">Mira Williams</a><br> The Apparition: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Emilio: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8011">Greg Giordano</a><br> Mario: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Pepe: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16205">James R. Hedrick</a><br> Don Juan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/13577">Adrian Stephens</a><br> Guillermo: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16463">Jake Malizia</a><br> Stage Directions: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/15829">TR Love</a><br> Editing: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br>