PHILIPPINES THEATRICAL PLAYS

1. REPORTER:
ALJUN B. HONOFRE
PHILIPPINES
THEATRICAL PLAYS

2. EARLY FORMS
OF PHILIPPINE
DRAMA

5. THREE KINDS OF PLAYS:

14. POPULAR ZARZUELA’S
AMONG MASSES:

16. STREET DRAMAS:

24. OTHER
PHILIPINE
THEATRICAL
PLAY

25. A MODERN FILIPINA
IS A PLAY IN THREE SCENES, WRITTEN
BY JESUSA ARAULLO IN 1915. FIRST
STAGED AT THE PHILIPPINE NORMAL
SCHOOL ON 11 DECEMBER 1915. THIS
WAS THE FIRST PLAY WRITTEN IN
ENGLISH BY FILIPINOS. THIS BECAME
THE GROUNDS OF SUCCEEDING PLAYS
ABOUT MODERN FILIPINAS.
THIS PLAY WHICH HAS SOME
OCCASIONAL SONGS AND DANCE IS
FIRST SET IN NUEVA ECIJA IS ABOUT A
MODERN FILIPINA. A MODERN FILIPINA IS
SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS FRANKLY AND
INTELLIGENTLY, MAKES HER OWN
DECISIONS, KEEPS AN OPEN MIND, AND
IS VIVACIOUS. SHE'S IN CONTRAST TO A
CONSERVATIVE AND DEPENDENT
FILIPINA.

26. ANAK NG DAGAT, SILAY NG
LIWANAG (CHILD OF THE SEA, RAY
OF LIGHT)
MOST FAMOUS SARSWELA CREATION
BY PATRICIO MARIANO. FIRST STAGED
ON DECEMBER 14, 1921 AT THE TEATRO
ZORRILLA, MANILA.

27. CUADROS FILIPINOS
(PHILIPPINE SCENES) FIRST STAGED ON 1882
BY THE COMPAÑA LIRICO DRAMATICA AT THE
TEATRO FILIPINO, MANILA. WRITTEN BY A
SPANISH NOVELIST AND JOURNALIST,
FRANCISCO DE P. ENTRALA WHO ARRIVED IN
MANILA IN 1837. THIS IS THE FIRST LOCALLY
WRITTEN PLAY HAVING LOCAL CHARACTERS
AND SETTINGS IN SPANISH. PUBLISHED IN
1882 BY LA OCEANIA ESPAÑOLA.

28. DALAGANG BUKID (COUNTRY
MAIDEN), CREATED IN 1919, WAS THE
FIRST FILIPINO MOVIE. IT WAS CREATED
BY JOSE NEPUMUCENO, THE SO-CALLED
"FATHER OF PHILIPPINE MOVIES". FIRST
STAGED ON 1919 BY THE CAMPANIA DE
ZARZUELA ILAGAN AT THE TEATRO
ZORILLA, MANILA. IN 1987, IT WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE ORIGINAL TAGALOG
AND ENGLISH VERSIONS BY MARCELA
ZAMORA IN PHILIPPINE DRAMA: TWELVE
PLAYS IN SIX PHILIPPINE LANGUAGES,
QUEZON CITY: NSTA-ASSISTED UPS
INTEGRATED PROGRAM. A SARSWELA IN
THREE ACTS. THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR
TAGALOG SARSWELA OF THE PERIOD,
HAVING NUMEROUS PERFOMANCE IN
MANILA AND OTHER PROVINCES BEFORE
WWII.

29. “KABESANG TALES” (CABEZA
TALES) A FULL-LENGTH PLAY IN 26
SCENES WRITTEN BY PAUL DUMOL
IN 1975. FIRST STAGED ON 1975 BY
PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL THEATER
ASSOCIATION (PETA) KALINANGAN
ENSEMBLE AT THE DULAANG RAHA
SULAYMAN, FORT SANTIAGO,
INTRAMUROS, MANILA. THE PLAY
WAS PUBLISHED IN SAGISAG ON
JULY 1975. DUMOL TAKES MATTER
FROM RIZAL'S FICTION AND IN
SHORT, EFFECTIVE SCENES
PRESENTS THE GROWTH OF TALES'
CONSCIOUSNESS FROM
SUBMISSION TO REBELLION.

30. TANIKALANG GUINTO (GOLDEN
CHAIN) IS A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS,
WRITTEN BY JUAN ABAD IN 1902. THIS WAS
FIRST STAGED AT THE TEATRO LIBERTAD ON 7
JULY 1902. AT THE PERFORMANCE IN
BATANGAS, BATANGAS, THIS WAS BANNED AS
"SEDITIOUS" ON 10 MAY 1903. ABAD WAS
SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT
AND FINED $2,000. AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT ACQUITTED HIM OF SEDITIOUS
CHARGES THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN AMELIA
LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO, THE "SEDITIONS"
TAGALOG PLAYWRIGHTS: EARLY AMERICAN
OCCUPATIONS , MANILA: ZARZUELA
FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1972, AND
IN ARTHUR RIGGS, THE FILIPINO DRAMA
[1905] , MANILA: INTRAMUROS
ADMINISTRATION, 1981.

31. MAY KATWIRAN ANG
KATWIRAN (REASON HAS ITS
REASON) IS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
ROLANDO S. TINIO IN 1981. FIRST STAGED ON
OCTOBER 9, 1981 BY THE TEATRO PILIPINO AT
THE LITTLE THEATER (NOW TANGHALANG
AURELIO V. TOLENTINO) OF THE CULTURAL
CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES (CCP), MANILA.
THE PLAY IS PRESENTED TO DIFFERENT
PROVINCES BY TEATRO PILIPINO. ONE OF THE
BEST PLAYS WRITTEN IN BRECHTIAN
TRADITION.
THIS IS AN ANALYSIS OF CLASS IN THE
SOCIETY. THIS IS REPRESENTED BY
THE SENYOR WHO IS THE PAMPERED RICH OR
LANDED CLASS AND THE KASAMA WHO IS THE
LOWER CLASS MAJORITY. IT SHOWS THE
INJUSTICE AND SELFISHNESS OF THE
PAMPERED RICH.

32. BAGONG CRISTO (THE NEW
CHRIST) A PROLETARIAN PLAY
WRITTEN BY A FILIPINO, AURELIO
TOLENTINO. THIS IS ONE OF THE
EARLIEST ATTEMPTS TO
REINTERPRET THE STORY OF
CHRIST. THE DRAMA PLAY IN
THREE ACTS STAGED ON 1977 FOR
DULAANG BABAYLAN AT THE SAN
SEBASTIAN COLLEGE
AUDITORIUM, MANILA. THE SCRIPT
WAS PUBLISHED IN EDNA Z.
MANLAPAZ, AURELIO TOLENTINO,
SELECTED WRITINGS, QUEZON
CITY: UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES LIBRARY, 1975.

33. ANG PAGLALAKBAY NI SISA:
ISANG NOH SA LAGUNA (SISA'S
JOURNEY: A NOH IN LAGUNA) IS WRITTEN BY
AMELIA LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO IN 1977. IT WAS
FIRST STAGED AT THE ABELARDO THEATER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (UP)
COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN DILIMAN, QUEZON
CITY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1977. IT WON THIRD
PRIZE IN THE PILIPINO PLAYWRITING
CATEGORY OF THE CCP LITERARY CONTEST
IN 1976.
THIS PLAY TELLS ABOUT THE WANDERS OF
THE RESTLESS SOUL OF SISA AS IT LONGS
FOR JUSTICE FOR THE UNJUST TREATMENT
OF THE PRIEST TO HER SONS AND PAINS
SUFFERED BY HER FAMILY, THAT ENDS IN THE
ACT OF SAYING HER HUSBAND'S LAST
BREATHED: "I SHALL DIE WITHOUT EVEN
SEEING THE BREAK OF DAWN IN... MY
BELOVED COUNTRY; TOU WHO SHALL
WITNESS THIS EVENT, DO NOT FORGET US
WHO FELL IN THE MIDST OF THE DARK
NIGHT." THAT STATES THE HOPES OF
FILIPINOS FOR ITS COUNTRY.

34. “ANG KIRI” (THE FLIRT) IS A SARSWELA
IN THREE ACTS WRITTEN BY SERVANDO DE
LOS ANGELES IN 1926. ITS MUSIC IS BY LEON
IGNACIO. DIWATA FILMS MADE THIS SARSWELA
A MOVIE AND TITLED AS MAHIWAGANG BINIBINI
IN 1939. THIS WAS RESTAGED AT THE MAIN
THEATER (NOW TANGHALANG NICANOR
ABELARDO) OF THE CULTURAL CENTER OF
THE PHILIPPINES IN 1974 AND ALSO AT THE
METROPOLITAN THEATER IN MANILA IN 1979.
HAVING 351 PERFORMANCES MADE ON
RECORD, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN
SARSWELA DURING THE PREWAR ERA. THIS IS
THE FIRST PLAY WITH A FLIRT AS A PRINCIPAL
CHARACTER. IT RECOUNTS THE STORY OF A
KIRI, A FUN-LOVING AND PARTY-GIVING FLIRT
WHO PLAYS AND FOOLS HER SUITORS HEART.
A SONG WRITTEN BY JOSE CORAZON DE
JESUS IS SANG DURING THE PLAY TO EXPLAIN
HOW SHE BECAME WHO SHE IS. THEN,
FINALLY REALIZES THAT INDEED ONE OF HER
SUITORS HAS BEEN FAITHFUL AND OFFERS
HER TRUE LOVE.

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