The Song of Maria Bentedos
by Thornton Wilder
Synopsis
“A composer’s studio...
The rising young composer, Gerald Marvin, is tearing up and down his room in an awful state...” A temperamental young composer thinks he will “go mad” if he can’t identify the source of a melody running through his head.
He wants to use it in the finale of a sonata he is composing–but, he says, only if it is his own.
His long suffering wife tries to help.
Enter a Spanish peddler and seamstress who, while working on a button, quietly begins to sing a song that changes everything.
This short play is included in the collection Thornton Wilder's Playlets: Short, Short Plays for 3-5 Persons .
Publication
The Song of Maria Bentedos is a comedy play written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French.
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