THEATRE IN THE PHILIPPINES

DURING THE SPANISH PERIOD

Agcaoili, Mark
Atanacio, Dean
Brondial, Kayla

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SHORT BACKGROUND

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 THEATER

• Modern Times
• For entertainment, leisure, fun, dramas and etc.

• Spanish Colonial Period

• For Pedagogical tool, for spreading Christianity to the lands and etc.

• Pre- Hispanic
• For religious rites such as: rituals, honoring the dead hero, cure the
sick and honor victory ( Benas, 1969)
 SPANISH COLONIAL
PERIOD

• Start with the stage plays

• For education purposes
• Honoring the saints
• Spreading Christianity to the
natives
• Martyrdom of Santa Barbara
• First Comedia started in
Cebu 1598 by the Jesuits
(Fernandez,1996) • https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436039
HOW THE THEATER LOOK LIKE IN THE SPANISH
COLONIAL PERIOD?
COMPONENTS OF A THEATRE

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COMPONENTS OF A THEATRE

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KINDS OF PLAYS DURING THE
SPANISH PERIOD

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KOMEDYA

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 SECULAR KOMEDYA

https://www.filipiknow.net/tag/origin-of-moro-moro/ https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/lifestyle-culture-and-arts/moro-moro/

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ELENA AND CONSTANTINO’S SEARCH
FOR THE CROSS OF CHRIST

http://sarahinromania.canalblog.com/archives/2012/05/21/24307490.html https://orthodoxwiki.org/Elevation_of_the_Holy_Cross
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KOMEDYA DE SANTO

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COMEDIA DE SAN MIGUEL / YAWA -
YAWA

https://www.upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/octnovdec08/articles/komedya.html

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 CENAKULO / PASION Y MUERTE

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PLAYLETS

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CHRISTMAS SEASON

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 PANUNULUYAN / KAGHARONG

http://asianjournal.com/aj-magazines/panunuluyan-reviving-a-filipino-christmas-tradition-in-new-york/

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 NIÑOS INOCENTES

http://epbites.blogspot.com/2011/12/ninos-inocentes-and-happy-birthday-bro.html

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TATLONG HARI

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HULING HAPUNAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9awTLiF1PmI

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SIETE PALABRAS

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 MORIONES

https://professionalheckler.com/2010/03/30/holy-weak-2010/

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 SARSUELA

• Modern Drama with Songs

and Dances
• Introduced in 1878
• Popular on 1900-1940
• Focuses on the love stories
of upper classes
• Original were made by Tagalog
writers
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JUNTO AL PASIG

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TRES PATRIOMONIO

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DALAGANG BUKID

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 DRAMA

• A play in verse/prose usually in one act

• Mostly were written by Filipinos
• Flourished in 1900-1940
• Hardly staged today

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KOMEDYA IN TAGUIG

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TEATROS

• Teatro de Binondo
• Opened in 1846

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• Circo de Bilibid
• Established in 1870

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• Teatro Zorrilla
• Opened in 1893

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• Manila Grand Opera House
• Established in early 1900s

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CONCLUSION

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 REFERENCES:

• Bañas, Raymundo C. Pilipino Music and Theater: By Raymundo C.

Banas. Quezon City, Manlapaz Pub. Co.: Manlapaz Publishing, 1969.
• Buenaventura, Cristina Lacónico-. The Theater in Manila, 1846-1946.
2nd Edition ed. Quezon City, Philippines: C & E Pub., 2010.
• Fernandez, Dolen G. Palabas: Essay on Philippine Theater History.
Quezon City: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1996.
Picture
• https://www.pinterest.com/pin/377809856222741896/