A Hundred Years Old

Summary: 1954 BBC tele-recording of a studio production of the sentimental comedy A Hundred Years Old by Serafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquin Álvarez Quintero.
Theatre play: A Hundred Years Old by Serafín Álvarez Quintero (1871-1938) and Joaquin Álvarez Quintero (1873-1944) [more information]
Play synopsis: A sentimental comedy involving a very old man and a young girl. ‘It is about Papa Juan, a sprightly old fellow who is within a few days of celebrating his hundredth birthday. A hundred-year-old man and his relatives are like the well-known pebble in the pool and its widening circle of ripples, but Papa’s birthday, he insists, will be celebrated at a party which will bring together all the surviving members of his large and scattered clan. Papa Juan will be pleased to see them all, the rich and the poor, the wicked and the virtuous; but not all will be pleased to see each other.' (Kenneth A. Hurren, Radio Times, 29 October 1954, p. 26)
Production history: Published in Helen and Harley Granville-Barker’s English translation in 1928 in Boston by Little, Brown, and Company. It was played at Prince’s Theatre, Bristol in 1928-29.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 2 November 1954
Time: 8.30-10.00pm
Channel: BBC Television
Production company: BBC

Producer

Campbell Logan

Playwright

Joaquin Álvarez Quintero (1873-1944)

Playwright

Serafín Álvarez Quintero (1871-1938)

Translator

Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946)

Translator

Helen Granville-Barker (?-1950)

Music

A. Martinez ('Guitar played and music arranged by’)

Designer

Gordon Roland

Cast

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