Hostal Royal Manzanares
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| Hostal Royal Manzanares | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Sebastián Junyent [es] |
| Written by | Sebastián Junyent |
| Directed by | Sebastián Junyent |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 61 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Valerio Lazarov |
| Production company | Prime Time for Televisión Española |
| Original release | |
| Network | La Primera |
| Release | 15 February 1996 (1996-02-15) – 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16) |
Hostal Royal Manzanares is a Spanish prime-time television situation comedy series starring Lina Morgan, and created, written, and directed by Sebastián Junyent [es]. It aired from 1996 to 1998 on La Primera of Televisión Española.
Cast
- Lina Morgan as Reme, a small-town woman who has just arrived to Madrid with her father and her hen, Cristal.[3]
- Mary Begoña as Asunción, the owner of the guesthouse, Reme's aunt.[3]
- Rafael Alonso as Paciano, Reme's father.[2]
- Ana Obregón as Sonsy,[3] a prostitute with a heart of gold.[4]
- Joaquín Kremel [es] as Luis, Reme's main love interest.[3]
- Mónica Pont [es] as Elena, Asunción's daughter and Reme's cousin.[3]
- Tote García [es] as Filo, the housekeeper at the guesthouse.[5]
- Lolita Flores as Juncal, a kleptomaniac gypsy woman, who just left prison.[1][6]
- Pedro Rollán [es] as Junior, a well-off man.[6]
- Julia Martínez as Virginia, a lodger of the guesthouse.[2]
Production and release
Produced by Valerio Lazarov's company Prime Time for Televisión Española and created, written, and directed by Sebastián Junyent [es],[7][8][2] the series was filmed in presence of a studio audience.[2] Just like some other comedy series of the time, it was based on an "inoffensive and banal" brand of humour driven by the histrionism of the characters.[9] It premiered on 15 February 1996 on La Primera, drawing 8,491,000 viewers (a 46.01% share).[10] The series dominated the prime time for the rest of its broadcasting run, with audience peaking on 15 May 1996 at 8,675,000 viewers and a 50.6% share.[11] The series finale aired on 25 December 1997, yet a special episode of compilatory nature aired in January 1998.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Pastrana, David (21 March 2010). "'Hostal Royal Manzanares', Nostalgia TV". Espinof.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ruiz, Adrián (20 August 2015). "'Hostal Royal Manzanares', el gran éxito de Lina Morgan en televisión". Ecoteuve. El Economista.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "¿Qué fue de los protagonistas de 'Hostal Royal Manzanares'?". Voz Pópuli. 6 September 2019.
- ↑ Gómez Morales, Beatriz (2020). "La definición de una narrativa propia. La comedia televisiva española (1990-2018)" (PDF). Cuadernos.Info (46): 359. ISSN 0719-367X.
- ↑ Gardó, M. (27 February 2014). "¿Qué fue de los protagonistas de 'Hostal Royal Manzanares'?". Las Provincias.
- 1 2 "Dos nuevos huéspedes". El País. 17 October 1996.
- ↑ "Prime Time, la productora de Valerio Lazarov, un camino agridulce". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 31 May 2004.
- ↑ Vilches, Lorenzo; Berciano, Rosa A.; Lacalle, Charo (1999). "La ficción nacional, por fin a escena". Anàlisi. 23: 37.
- ↑ Gómez Morales, Beatriz (2020). "Televisión crítica o industria de la risa. El caso de la comedia televisiva española (1990-2018)" (PDF). Revista Signa. 29. UNED: 477. ISSN 1133-3634.
- ↑ "Lina Morgan, la reina del 'share'". El Norte de Castilla. 20 August 2015.
- ↑ Marcos, Natalia (20 August 2015). "'Hostal Royal Manzanares' y otras series de Lina Morgan". El País.