House of Bernarda Alba
House of Bernarda Alba
#0House of Bernarda Alba
Posted: 2/23/06 at 10:11pmDoes anyone know the ages of each character? 'Twoud be very helpful if anyone knew.
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#1re: House of Bernarda Alba
Posted: 2/23/06 at 10:44pm
Angustias-39
Magdalena- 30
Amelia- 27
Martirio- 24
Adela- 20
At least, that's the ages in the original Spanish version. Hope it helps!
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#2re: House of Bernarda Alba
Posted: 2/25/06 at 6:07pm
Those are the right ages! However, it so deceiving. In the production that Chita Rivera was in and in the new musical I would guess that all the actress look about the same age, which is about 30ish. In the production with Chita, Sandra Oh was Adela...and this was like in 2004.
I've also seen it at a university production too and ofcourse they all looked about the same age too.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#3re: House of Bernarda Alba
Posted: 2/25/06 at 9:35pmIn the movie, they all definitely look different ages.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#4re: House of Bernarda Alba
Posted: 2/26/06 at 1:32pmThere is a movie?!?!?! I want to check that out!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#5re: House of Bernarda Alba
Posted: 2/26/06 at 1:43pm
Yeah. The movie's actually pretty good. And it's in English. Which makes it really easy to follow. 
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
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