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Aranas uenmarc
Scene 1
narraLor hlllpplne lndependence was foughL mlghLlly by llllplnos agalnsL Spaln wlLh Lhe help of
Amerlcans llllplnos LreaLed Lhem as allles however Lhe 1reaLy of arls a peace LreaLy beLween Spaln
and Amerlca clearly sLaLes Lhelr lnLenLlon Lo rule over hlllpplnes uesplLe Lhls evenL Agulnaldo lnslsLed
Lhe formaLlon of hlllpplne 8epubllc
Commodore uewey Ceneral Agulnaldo l appreclaLe your alllance wlLh me Soon enough your counLry
wlll galn lLs freedom
Agulnaldo My graLlLude belongs Lo you Amerlcans who had come as llberaLors endlng Lhe abuslve rule
of Spaln llnally l can foresee hlllpplne lndependence!
(handshake)
Commodore uewey l wlsh for your good faLe

(Ambroslo readlng Lhe acL of declaraLlon of lndependence)
Ambroslo ln Lhe Lown of CavlLe vle[o ln Lhls provlnce of CavlLe on Lhe LwelfLh day of !une elghLeen
hundred and nlneLyelghL before me uon Ambroslo 8lanzares 8auLlsLa AudlLor of War and Speclal
Commlssloner appolnLed Lo proclalm and solemnlze Lhls acL by Lhe ulcLaLorlal CovernmenL of Lhese
hlllpplne lslands for Lhe purposes and by vlrLue of Lhe clrcular addressed by Lhe LmlnenL ulcLaLor of
Lhe same uon Lmlllo Agulnaldo y lamy under Lhe proLecLlon of Lhe MlghLy and Pumane norLh
Amerlcan naLlon we proclalm and solemnly declare ln Lhe name and by Lhe auLhorlLy of Lhe lnhablLanLs
of all Lhese hlllpplne lslands LhaL Lhey are and have Lhe rlghL Lo be free and lndependenL LhaL Lhey are
released from all obedlence Lo Lhe crown of Spaln
Agulnaldo Malayang lllplnas! Mabuhay ang lllplnas!
(wavlng Lhe flag)
Crowd Mabuhay ang lllplnas! Mabuhay! Mabuhay!

Ceneral lermln !audenes LeL us noL recognlze LhaL revoluLlonary governmenL of Lhe hlllpplnes!
hlllpplnes should noL belong Lo llllplnos
Commodore uewey Spaln should cede hlllpplnes Lo unlLed SLaLes ln reLurn we wlll pay you Lhe sum
of $20000000 And we'll Lake good care of LhaL naLlon
Ceneral !audenes 1haL's good! (handshake) LeL Lhls 1reaLy of arls end Lhe SpanlshAmerlcan war
(boLh slgns Lhe documenL)

Amerlcans surrounded Lhe camp
(Agulnaldo walks from Lhe back soldlers block hlm before he reaches Lhe fronL)
Ceneral Anderson uo noL leL your Lroops enLer Manlla wlLhouL permlsslon from Lhe Amerlcan
commander Cn Lhls slde of Lhe aslg 8lver you wlll be under flre!
Agulnaldo 1hls ls madness!! ?ou can'L do Lhls!! 1ralLors!!!
(Agulnaldo furlously walks ouL)

Scene 2
narraLor 1he rlse of Lhe republlc worsened relaLlons wlLh Amerlca 1he flrsL shoL of Lhe hlllpplne
Amerlcan war was caused by rlvaLe 8oberL W Crayson who shoL and kllled a llllplno soldler 1hus
sLarLed Lhe war and llllplno Lroops opened flre on Amerlcans Agulnaldo as Lhe presldenL of Lhe llrsL
hlllpplne republlc declared lL's hls duLy Lo preserve honor of Lhe llllplno Army
(A soldler walks Lowards Lhe alsle)
8AnC!!! Man down
llllplno Lroops aLLacks Lhe Amerlcans and Lhe war began!!!
Messenger Ceneral! A llllplno soldler was shoL and kllled and now our Lroops are baLLllng agalnsL
Amerlcans
Ceneral Agulnaldo 1hls cannoL be LoleraLed!! Call Lhe generals lmmedlaLely!
(Lhe messenger lefL Lhen Lhe commanders came ln)
Ceneral Agulnaldo We are ln a cruclal Llme once agaln genLlemen We have Lo face anoLher enemy Lo
free our land! Ceneral Luna you'll lead our mlllLary forces and Lraln our soldlers Lo flghL courageously
agalnsL our oppressors
Ceneral Luna l wlll noL fall you Ceneral Agulnaldo
Ceneral Agulnaldo And for Lhe resL each one of you wlll head a guerllla Lo your deslgnaLed locaLlon
Ceneral uelgado you'll be ln llollo
Ceneral uelgado ?es slr!
Cen Agulnaldo Ceneral vlcenLe ln Samar and LeyLe
Cen vlcenLe Slr yes slr!
Cen Agulnaldo And flnally Ceneral AraneLa and Lacson you are asslgned ln negros
Cen AraneLa and Lacson We agree slr!
Cen Agulnaldo Co and flghL wlLh all your mlghL! Long llve hlllpplnes!
Cenerals Long llve hlllpplnes!

AcL 2
Scene 1
narraLor 1he llllplno Cenerals reslsLed Lhe Amerlcan colonlzaLlon desplLe Lhelr lack of arms and poor
mlllLary dlsclpllne Among Lhese generals was AnLonlo Luna Powever hls llLLle selfconLrol and hls
Lemper easlly made enemles for hlm among Lhe ranks Luna shows up ln Agulnaldos headquarLers
whlle Lhe cablneL ls havlng dlnner wlLh Agulnaldos famlly

(Luna suddenly shows up and sLarLs accuslng 8uencamlno)
Cen Luna Ceneral Agulnaldo! l know one of your men wanLs Lo sell Lhe naLlon Lo Lhe Amerlcans!
Cen Agulnaldo WhaL are you Lalklng abouL? Who ls Lhls?
Cen Luna lellpe 8uencamlno ls Lhe LralLor!
8uencamlno nonsense! ?ou are Lhe LralLor! ?ou caused Lhe defeaLs ln 8ulacan when you Lraveled Lo
Cuagua Lo arresL Mascardo
(Cen Luna Lrles Lo sLrangle 8uencamlno buL ls prevenLed by anoLher CablneL member Luna pushes
8uencamlno Lo Lhe floor)
8uencamlno ?Cu WlLL A? uLA8L? lC8 1PlS!!!

Messenger Ceneral Luna you are ordered Lo come aL Ceneral Agulnaldo's headquarLers Lo reporL on
MlllLary ouLcomes
Cen Luna l wlll go Lhere [usL be sure Cen Agulnaldo ls sLlll Lhere for l don'L wanL Lo be wlLh
8uencamlno
Messenger ?es slr!
Cen Luna And Lell Colonel lranclsco 8oman Lo accompany me
Messenger 8lghL away slr!
Colonel 8oman Ceneral Luna would you please sLay calm when we geL Lhere l don'L wanL you Lo sLarL
an argumenL agaln
Cen Luna ?ou know me well l sLand and flghL for my repuLaLlon and prlnclples l can feel LhaL Lhere ls
someLhlng susplclous wlLh 8uencamlno
(Cen 8oman and Luna walks)
Colonel 8oman Why? Where ls Ceneral Agulnaldo?
Cen Luna nC! 1hls ls a Lrap!
(Cen Luna and 8oman was surrounded by kawlL baLLallon)
Cen Luna 1aksll! Mga Lraydor!
8AnC!! MAn uCWn
Scene 2
narraLor Ceneral Luna's deaLh was a serlous blow Lo Lhe llllplno cause Some llllplno army offlcers
surrendered Lo Lhe Amerlcans And Agulnaldo's Lroops suffered conLlnuous defeaLs as Amerlcan forces
pushed lnLo norLhern Luzon 8ecause of Lhls Agulnaldo Lrled new ways Lo deal wlLh Lhe Amerlcans 8y
Lrylng Lo negoLlaLe a Lruce and creaLlng a eace CablneL and asklng for asslsLance from Lhe Moros of
Mlndanao and Sulu
(ur aLerno ls accompanled by Lwo Amerlcan soldlers slde by slde walklng Lowards Cen CLls)
Ceneral Llwell S CLls SLaLe your ob[ecLlves ln comlng here
ur edro aLerno Ceneral CLls l am ur edro aLerno as a represenLaLlve for Cen Agulnaldo requesLs
Lo negoLlaLe wlLh you
Cen CLls WhaL lL ls Lhen Lo negoLlaLe?
ur aLerno Ceneral Agulnaldo senL me Lo ask for your cooperaLlon for a Lruce under Lhe condlLlon LhaL
hlllpplne lndependence would be under Lhe proLecLlon of unlLed SLaLes
Cen CLls l am sorry buL flghLlng havlng begun musL go on Lo Lhe grlm end!
ur aLerno 1ell me your condlLlons so we can declde for Lhe beneflL of boLh naLlon
Cen CLls l have only one order LhaL ls for your uncondlLlonal surrender Lo Amerlca!
Leave now! lor you'll expecL noLhlng from me and l have a message Lo your Ceneral l wlll capLure hlm
wherever he ls
(A soldler pushes ur aLerno away)

(ur aLerno walks Lowards Cen Agulnaldo)
Cen Agulnaldo (Agulnaldo sLands up) whaL happened? uld he approve Lo negoLlaLe a Lruce?
ur aLerno nC general Pe only lnslsLs on uncondlLlonal surrender and he ls very deLermlned Lo
capLure you
Cen Agulnaldo (Agulnaldo walks back and forLh) WhaL should we do now? MosL of SouLhern Luzon
provlnces were Laken by Lhe Amerlcans Cen aua gave up Lhe flghL for 8lcol and many provlnce ln
SouLh vlsayas fell lnLo Lhe hands of Amerlcans!
ur aLerno Cen Agulnaldo we need supporL from our Moro broLhers 1helr help would regaln some of
Lhe provlnces back Lo us
Cen Agulnaldo ?ou're rlghL! We'll show Lo LhaL Cen CLls LhaL our reslsLance wlll noL collapse LhaL
easlly!! now we musL go

(Agulnaldo walks and aLerno follows)
Cen Agulnaldo SulLan !amalul l am here Lo ask for your asslsLance ln flghLlng Lhe Amerlcans
SulLan !amalul klram ll l am sorry buL we don'L wanL Lo be lnvolved wlLh your flghL!
Cen Agulnaldo 8uL why? 1hls ls for our moLherland!!
SulLan !amalul klram ll ?ou Lhlnk we would help you afLer you abandoned our flghL agalnsL Spaln?! ?ou
flghL your own flghL and we don'L wanL Lo be under Lhe conLrol of anyone!!
Cen Agulnaldo ?ou don'L know whaL you're saylng! ?ou wlll also be under Amerlcans conLrol ln Lhe end
so why don'L we flghL as one!!
ur aLerno 1haL's enough Ceneral look aL Lhls (asses Lhe paper) LhaL ls a LreaLy beLween Lhe Moros
and Amerlcans We are already laLe
Cen Agulnaldo flne! 8uL l Lell you only fools LrusL Lhelr foe
(Cen Agulnaldo walks ouL)

AcL 3
Scene 1
narraLor Agulnaldo's means were all fallure Ceneral CLls wanLed Lhe surrender of hls republlc and Lhe
Moros were already under Lhe 8aLes 1reaLy LhaL was Lo keep Lhem from lnLerferlng ln Lhe war uesplLe
of Lhls Lhe hlllpplne republlc unrelenLlngly survlves Lhrough Lhe Lransferrlng of caplLals lrom Malolos
Lo San lernando ampanga and Lhen reLreaLed Lo San lsldro nueva Lcl[a Lhen furLher on Lo 1arlac
8eallzlng LhaL Lhe Amerlcans were deLermlned Lo capLure hlm Agulnaldo declded Lo escape Lo Lhe
mounLaln of Cagayan valley lnLo alanan lsabela
(Cregorlo uel llar sLays behlnd Agulnaldo sLalllng Lhe Amerlcans who were pursulng Lhem)
8AnC!! 8AnC!!
Cregorlo Ceneral leL's head Lo 1lrad ass!! ?ou musL be kepL safe
(Agulnaldo and llar LogeLher wlLh llllplno soldlers runs Lo Lhe back whlle Lhe Amerlcans are lnfronL)
Cregorlo Co now Ceneral whlle we are holdlng Lhem back!!
(Agulnaldo wlLh a soldler head souLh)
Cregorlo Spread ouL!!
(1he soldlers spllLs lnLo Lwo group Lhe oLher half ln Lhe lefL slde and Lhe oLher on Lhe rlghL)
(Amerlcans wlll pass ln Lhe mlddle Lhen 8AnC!! 8AnC!!)
!anuarlo 1haL ls Lhe oLher paLh Lo Lhe oLher slde!
(Amerlcans from Lhe back aLLacks Cregorlo's men and shoL Lhem one by one!!)
1hen Cregorlo Lhe lasL man sLandlng surrounded by Lhe Amerlcans
Cregorlo l am pleased Lo dle for my beloved counLry!
8AnC!!! MAn uCWn

(messenger runs Lowards Agulnaldo)
ur aLerno 1he messenger has arrlved!
Agulnaldo Where ls Ceneral Cregorlo?
Messenger Commander! Ceneral uel llar was kllled durlng Lhe baLLle of 1lrad ass 1he Amerlcan
soldlers found anoLher paLhway Lo Lhe mounLalns and he was surrounded by Lhem ln consequence he
had no oLher way Lo escape
Agulnaldo Cen uel llar ls a hero of our counLry We are lefL wlLh no oLher cholce carry Lhls
documenL Lo nueva Lcl[a for Cen urbano and 8aldomero
(Agulnaldo hands over Lhe documenL)
Ceclllo Seglsmundo Conslder lL done Ceneral!
(Ceclllo Lhe messenger walks away)

(Amerlcans are sLandlng lnfronL of Cen McArLhur)
(Cen McArLhur walks around whlle speaklng wlLh full emoLlons)
Cen McArLhur l now uLCLA8L MA81lAL LAW!! llllplno Cuerlllas musL be subdued aL all cosL!! CapLure
every llllplno you see roamlng ln Lhe reglon of nueva Lcl[a where Agulnaldo's Lroops ls seLLled 1hls
MuS1 CCML 1C l1S Lnu!
Soldlers LCnC LlvL AML8lCA!!!
(Soldlers dlsbands lnLo groups dolng Lhe mlllLary walk wlLh flerce and heavy sLeps)

(Ceclllo walks ln a nln[allke manner )
(Amerlcan soldlers are hldlng behlnd Lhe Lable and aL Lhe sldes)
Am Soldler 1 S1C PlM!!
(Am Soldler 2 hldlng behlnd Lhe Lable capLures Ceclllo)
(1he oLher soldlers were polnLlng Lhelr rlfles on Ceclllo)
Ceclllo nC!! l am [usL a commoner lease leL me go!!
(Ceclllo drops Lhe documenL and Am Soldler 3 plcks lL up)
Am Soldler 3 WhaL's Lhls!! Aha!!! 8rlng hlm Lo Lhe Ceneral!!! Pe knows someLhlng abouL Lhe guerllla
Ceclllo no!!
(Soldlers drag Ceclllo away)

Scene 2
narraLor 1he capLure of Ceclllo Seglsmundo gave Lhe Amerlcan Cen lunsLon a hlnL on Lhe locaLlon of
Agulnaldo 1hrough Lhe documenL he was able Lo creaLe a new plan of how Lo capLure Agulnaldo 1hls
evenL was Lhe peak Lo Lhe near end of Lhe hlllpplne republlc
Cen lrederlck lunsLon 8rlng Lhe capLlve ln!!
(Soldlers drags Seglsmundo)
Cen lunsLon Cen McArLhur he ls a messenger of Agulnaldo and was capLure ln nueva Lcl[a l have a
good plan wlLh Lhls one
Cen McArLhur ?ou can do whaLever you wanL l wlll [usL llsLen
Cen lunsLon Seglsmundo do you wlsh Lo dle or Lo surrender?!
Seglsmundo lease leL me llve l wlll Lell all LhaL l know (kneels down)
Cen lunsLon So Lell me where your Cen Agulnaldo ls hldlng? And how many soldlers wlLh hlm?
Seglsmundo Pe's aL Lhe vlllage of alanan ln mounLalnous lsabela provlnce and Lhere was no more
Lhan flfLy guards
Cen lunsLon Where ls Lazaro Segovla? WhaL was ln Lhe documenLs?
Segovla 1hls was an order Lo Cen 8aldomero Agulnaldo lnsLrucLlng hlm Lo send Lroops Lo alanan
Cen lunsLon l see now how we can capLure Agulnaldo Cur Lroops and Lhe elghLynlne Macabebe
soldlers would preLend Lo be Agulnaldo's much awalLed relnforcemenLs wlLh us belng Lhe Amerlcan
prlsoners Cregorlo Seglsmundo 1al lacldo ulonlslo and Segovla all of you surrendered and you
would play a parL ln Lhls plan lacldo you wlll glve Lhe aLLack slgnal And Lhe resL would lead Lhe Lroops
1he flve men ?es slr!
Cen lunsLon Cood! now we have come Lo Lhe end!!!
(Looks aL Cen McArLhur)
Cen McArLhur Ceneral l glve you my consenL Lo prepare an expedlLlon Lo alanan
Cen lunsLon 1hank you slr! Wlll head Lo alanan aL dawn!
(SLands up and glves Cen lunsLon a handshake)

(1al lacldo leadlng Lhe soldlers)
ur 8arcelona Ceneral Lhe relnforcemenL has arrlved! And l see lacldo as Lhelr leader
Agulnaldo LeL Lhem ln!
(1al lacldo meeLs Agulnaldo Lhen handshake)
1al lacldo Ceneral lL's nlce seelng you agaln We are here Lo help you wlLh your flghL!
Agulnaldo lL ls my honor Lo have you as my ally LeL your army regaln Lhelr sLrengLh 1ell Lhem Lo fall
ouL and go Lo resL
lacldo ?es Ceneral (walks away and sLands ln fronL of hls army)
lacldo A11AAACk!!!!!
(1he soldlers sLarL flrlng Agulnaldo's soldlers buL some flghLs back)
8AnC!!! 8AnC!!!8AnC!!!8AnC!!!8AnC!!!
Agulnaldo WhaL ls happenlng?!!! CLASLll8L! CLASLll8L!
(Soldler polnLs Lhelr rlfles aL Agulnaldo)
Agulnaldo 1hls can'L be happenlng!!
(Agulnaldo plcks up a rlfle buL ur 8arcelona sLops hlm)
ur 8arcelona uon'L sacrlflce yourself 1he counLry needs your llfe
lacldo ?Cu are now prlsoner of Lhe Amerlcans do noL Lry Lo escape four hundred Amerlcan soldlers
are on Lhe oLher slde of Lhe rlver and soon would be here
(Cen lunsLon comes ouL from nowhere)
Cen lunsLon Whlch one of you ls Agulnaldo?
Agulnaldo l am
(Cen lunsLon commands Lwo soldlers Lo geL Agulnaldo by uslng hls hands Lhen Lhe soldlers accompany
Agulnaldo Lo Lhe back)

Scene 3
narraLor 1he uSS vlcksburg was Lhe shlp where Agulnaldo boarded LogeLher wlLh Cen lunsLon and
oLher Amerlcan offlcers 1hey wenL up Lhe aslg 8lver Lo Lhe resldence Lo CovernorCeneral ln
Malacanang where Lhey dlsembarked Agulnaldo was presenLed Lo 8rlg Cen ArLhur McArLhur as
prlsoner of war Pe was LreaLed by Lhe Amerlcans more as a guesL Lhan as a prlsoner
(Cen lunsLon McArLhur and Agulnaldo drlnks wlne as lf Lhey were frlends)
Agulnaldo Cen lunsLon l had been compleLely fooled by Lhe phony dlspaLches ?ou really are worLhy
opponenL
Cen lunsLon ?ou yourself are a greaL llllplno leader you have reslsLed me for a long perlod
Agulnaldo 8uL Lo be honesL wlLh you l could hardly belleve myself Lo be a prlsoner l have Lhls feellng of
dlsgusL and despalr for l had falled my people and my moLherland
Cen McArLhur ?ou should noL feel bad 1oday l would lmmedlaLely send your famlly whom you had
noL seen for a long Llme
Agulnaldo AL all Llmes slnce my capLure as well as on board Lhe vlcksburg l have been LreaLed wlLh Lhe
hlghesL conslderaLlon by my capLors! l am very honored of all of you
Cen McArLhur uo you wlsh Lo Lake Lhe oaLh of alleglance Ceneral Agulnaldo?
Cen Agulnaldo ?es l am now ready
(All of Lhem sLand wlLh Agulnaldo ralslng hls rlghL arm)
(Cen Agulnaldo reads Lhe oaLh of alleglance)
Cen Agulnaldo l hereby renounce all alleglance Lo any and all socalled revoluLlonary governmenLs ln
Lhe hlllpplne lslands and recognlze and accepL Lhe supreme auLhorlLy of Lhe unlLed sLaLes of Amerlca l
do solemnly swear LhaL l wlll bear Lrue falLh and alleglance Lo LhaL governmenL LhaL l wlll aL all Llmes
conducL myself as falLhful and lawabldlng clLlzen of Lhe sald lslands and wlll noL elLher dlrecLly or
lndlrecLly hold Lhe correspondence wlLh or glve lnLelllgence Lo an enemy of Lhe unlLed sLaLes now wlll l
abeL harbor or proLecL such enemy LhaL l lmpose upon myself Lhese volunLary obllgaLlons wlLhouL any
menLal reservaLlons or purpose of evaslon so help me Cod(handshake)
Lpllogue
1he superlor arms of Lhe unlLed SLaLes crushed Lhe flrsL hlllpplne republlc 8uL Lhls ls noL Lhe only
reason llllplno Cenerals were very avarlclous for power LhaL leL Lo llllplno versus llllplno endlng lor
lnsLance Lhe deaLh of Ceneral Luna was caused by Lhe Lreason of hls fellow MlllLary offlclal 8ecause of
Lhe dlsunlLy and lnfldellLy of our leaders led Lo Lhe lall of our counLry Lo Amerlcans And unLll Lhls Llme
our Lhlnklng hasn'L change