Movie Description
Mañana
(1956)Overview
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
Featured Crew
- Director : George R. Foa
- Writer : Caryl Brahms,George R. Foa
- Cast : Frederick Sharp,Edith Coates,Heather Harper,Carlos Montes,Naida Labay,Patricia Kern,Sheila Young,Ivor Evans,William Dickie,Tani,Ronald Lewis,David Langford,Edmund Donlevy,Niven Miller,David Oddie,Brian Douglas,Julian Bream,Gita de la Fuente
Cast
The Wise Man
The Widow
Luisita
Pedro
Conchita
Pia
Third woman
The Mayor
The Innkeeper
Dolores
Jose
Carlos
The Pickpocket
The Lazy Man
First Villager
Second Villager
Guitar Player
Flamenco Singer
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Facts
Original TitleMañana
Status Released
Release Information
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1956-02-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 13m
Homepagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qx5t
Production CompaniesBBC TV
Genres
- TV Movie
- Music
- Drama
- Romance
