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    Ang Palengke Byconrad Panganiba N

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    The summary is of a play script that takes place in a marketplace (palengke) in the Philippines. In the first scene, Marya and Rowena are walking to the palengke with shopping bags. Marya's mother calls out to her from off stage and asks her to buy some vegetables and coconuts for a party for Marya's brother Alex who is returning from the US. Marya reassures her mother that she will get the items and not forget. Rowena comments on Marya's mother being hard on her sometimes. Marya explains that since her brother left for the US two years ago, she has had to take care of her mother and the house.

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    The summary is of a play script that takes place in a marketplace (palengke) in the Philippines. In the first scene, Marya and Rowena are walking to the palengke with shopping bags. Marya's mother calls out to her from off stage and asks her to buy some vegetables and coconuts for a party for Marya's brother Alex who is returning from the US. Marya reassures her mother that she will get the items and not forget. Rowena comments on Marya's mother being hard on her sometimes. Marya explains that since her brother left for the US two years ago, she has had to take care of her mother and the house.

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    The summary is of a play script that takes place in a marketplace (palengke) in the Philippines. In the first scene, Marya and Rowena are walking to the palengke with shopping bags. Marya's mother calls out to her from off stage and asks her to buy some vegetables and coconuts for a party for Marya's brother Alex who is returning from the US. Marya reassures her mother that she will get the items and not forget. Rowena comments on Marya's mother being hard on her sometimes. Marya explains that since her brother left for the US two years ago, she has had to take care of her mother and the house.

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    Ang Palengke Byconrad Panganiba N

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    Ang

    Palengke
    byConrad
    Panganiba
    n

    Act 1Scene
    1The story
    takes place
    in the
    Philippines

    - a place in
    the
    city where
    everything
    happens

    -the
    Palengke
    (the
    Marketplac
    e). The

    time is the
    present.
    (Curtains
    are still
    closed. Mar

    ya and
    Rowena
    come out
    from stage
    left

    carrying
    paper bags
    with
    handles on
    them. A

    SPOTLIG
    HT is
    following
    them.)(As
    they are

    "talking" to
    each other,
    Marya's
    Mom calls
    her from

    behind
    the curtains
    stage
    left.)Mrs. d
    e

    la Cruz: (sh
    outing) Mar
    ya! Marya!
    Hoy, Marya
    !Marya: (st

    opping
    with Rowe
    na.) Wait h
    ere,
    okay. (Turn

    s back
    around
    looking up.
    Shouts
    back.) Yes,

    mom! (Ro
    wena takes
    out a
    pocket
    mirror

    from her
    bag
    and fixes
    her hair,whi
    le facing

    stage
    left.)Mrs.
    de la
    Cruz: (Ente
    r

    from stage
    left.) Marya
    ,
    don't porget
    to

    buy some
    talong for
    your Tio
    Bong at the
    Palengke,

    Okay! Also
    , I need
    some
    kamatis,
    litsugas and

    two
    coconuts.H
    ere, (takes
    out some
    money

    from her
    pocket). No
    w, be
    home befor
    e Alex

    arrives fro
    mthe
    airport. You
    have to
    help me

    cook for his


    party.Mary
    a: (reassuri
    ngly) I
    won't forget

    mom. (take
    s the
    money and
    puts it
    into her

    bag.She
    walks back
    to
    Rowena.)
    (Exit Mrs.

    de la Cruz
    stage left.)
    Rowena: (t
    urns to look
    at Marya,

    but still has


    the mirror
    in
    her hand.)
    Why is

    your
    momso
    hard on you
    sometimes?
    Marya: I

    guess
    it's just
    because
    she's
    anxious abo

    ut Alex
    coming
    home from
    the
    States.She's

    never had a
    son who
    was a
    doctor. Besi
    des,

    she's not
    that hard on
    me. I
    became
    her only

    child when
    Alex left
    two years
    ago. And
    since then

    it's like I
    had to take
    care
    mymom
    and the

    house.Row
    ena: Hmm.
    (trying to
    avoid
    making

    Marya
    uncomforta
    ble, she
    returns to
    fixing

    her hair.) D
    o you think
    that Erick
    will be
    working

    at the
    Palengke to
    day? He
    had
    better notic

    e my
    new haircut
    .
    Marya: (loo
    king

    at Rowena
    as if she
    were crazy.
    ) Oh,
    Rowena.W

    hy don't
    you leave
    him alone?
    You have
    been after

    him since
    our first
    year in
    HighSchool
    . I really

    hate to
    break it to
    you, but I
    don't think
    that he's

    really
    interested.
    (Rowena
    turns in
    disbelief)

    Look, it's
    just that
    I don't want
    you to
    get hurt

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