Mañana (1956)
Synopsis
Broadcast on 1 February 1956, composer Arthur Benjamin's Mañana was the first opera commissioned by the BBC. "The small Andalusian village comes to life in a sequence of short scenes introducing its inhabitants: a group of gossiping washerwomen, the prying eyes of the old rich widow looking down from her window, the neglected boy playing in the square, the pickpocket at work, the lazy man stretched out snoring in the midday sun, the Wise Man who mends china and writes letters for the poor and is fed in turn by the community. What will happen on the day when his food is given to a boy wrongly imprisoned in the local gaol and the Wise Man goes hungry? His anger is such that he prophesies the end of the world for mañana (tomorrow morning) and the credulous village repents and makes ready to meet its doom." —George R. Foa
Release Date: 1956-02-01
Runtime: 73 minutes
Director: George R. Foa
Top Cast
- Frederick Sharp as The Wise Man
- Edith Coates as The Widow
- Heather Harper as Luisita
- Carlos Montes as Pedro
- Naida Labay as Conchita
- Patricia Kern as Pia
- Sheila Young as Third woman
- Ivor Evans as The Mayor
- William Dickie as The Innkeeper
- Tani as Dolores
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