A New Play

1946 film

A New Play

Directed by	Juan de Orduña
Written by	Juan de Orduña
Based on	A New Play by Manuel Tamayo y Baus
Starring	Irasema Dilián Roberto Font Jesús Tordesillas
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Edited by	Mariano Pombo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production companies	Juan de Orduña, P.C.
Distributed by	CEA Distribución
Release date	25 November 1946 (1946年11月25日)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

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.^[1] It was shot at the CEA Studios in Madrid. The film's sets were designed by the art director Sigfrido Burmann.^[2] It is based on the 1867 play of the same title by Manuel Tamayo y Baus.

Synopsis

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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

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Irasema Dilián as Alicia
Roberto Font as Yorick
Jesús Tordesillas as Shakespeare
Manuel Luna as Walton
Julio Peña as Edmundo
Gabriel Algara as Conde de Southampton
Ricardo Acero as El autor
Fernando Aguirre as El apuntador
Antonio Casas as Jorge
José Franco as Lord
Mary Rosa as dancer
Nicolás D. Perchicot as Pedro

References

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^ De España p.188
^ Pujante & Hoenselaars p.47

Bibliography

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De España, Rafael. Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films. Greenwood Press, 1994.
Pujante, Angel-Luis & Hoenselaars, A. J. Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare in Europe. University of Delaware Press, 2003.