A New Play

A New Play
Directed byJuan de Orduña
Written byJuan de Orduña
Based onA New Play by Manuel Tamayo y Baus
StarringIrasema Dilián
Roberto Font
Jesús Tordesillas
CinematographyWilly Goldberger
Edited byMariano Pombo
Music byJuan Quintero
Production
companies
Juan de Orduña, P.C.
Distributed byCEA Distribución
Release date
  • 25 November 1946 (1946-11-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

A New Play (Spanish: Un drama nuevo) is a 1946 historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Irasema Dilián, Roberto Font and Jesús Tordesillas. It was shot at the CEA Studios in Madrid. The film's sets were designed by the art director Sigfrido Burmann. It is based on the 1867 play of the same title by Manuel Tamayo y Baus.

Synopsis

In Jacobean London, William Shakespeare's company stage a new tragedy. Shakespeare allows the fool Yorick to play the lead, before realising that the new play's theme of jealousy of a spouse closely resembles that of Yorick and his wife Alicia.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ De España p.188
  2. ↑ Pujante & Hoenselaars p.47

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