Cradle Song

"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


Cast list:

Sister Joanna of the Cross, 18 years of age: Annie Mars

Teresa, aged 18: mlee06

The Prioress, aged 40: Adrian Stephens

The Vicaress, aged 40: Sonia

The Mistress of Novices, aged 36: mamatiff82

Sister Marcella, aged 19: Jenn Broda

Sister Maria Jesus, aged 19: Matea Bracic

Sister Sagrario, aged 18: ambsweet13

Sister Inez, aged 50: Melinda Fogle

Sister Tornera, aged 30: Tomas Peter

The Doctor, aged 60: ToddHW

Antonio, aged 25: Odie ji Ghast

The Poet: Alan Mapstone

A Countryman: David Purdy

Stage Directions: Larry Wilson

Editing: ToddHW