FO: Plays

Thanks to a comment left by Aurelio, I thought of looking for plays that are available online. The works listed below are available in their entirety on The United States and its Territories (USIT), Literatura and Pantas.

The following are some of the plays found on USIT (click on the link to see the rest). These were published between 1904 and 1938 in Tagalog, Cebuano and Hiligaynon. I don't know how good these plays are or how many people watched them, but I think that the fact that a publisher actually thought they were worth printing says something about their quality and/or popularity. I don't think many plays in Philippine languages ever make it into print nowadays, but I'd be very happy if someone can prove me wrong. Leave a comment =)


FLORENTINO BORROMEO
Ang kagawasan

FRUTO CRUZ
Pagcabunyi nang mahal na Sta. Cruz

E. DE LA RAMA
Ang basa-basa

GABRIEL BEATO FRANCISCO
Ang Katipunan

EMILIANO GABUYA
Tirana

ANGEL MAGAHUM
Ang gugma sang maluib

JOSE J. SANCHEZ
Kasingkasing sa babaye

PIO B. SEAN
Talikala

JOSE MARIA RIVERA
Cinematografo

VICENTE SOTTO
Ang dila sa babaye

The Palanca Award-winning one-act plays listed below, in contrast to the USIT plays, are the only ones on Literatura with their full text available online. Excerpts of other plays—including the authors' email addresses—may also be found in Literatura 8, 10, 12 and 13. Please note that permission from the authors must be obtained before any of the plays listed below are performed.

DEAN FRANCIS ALFAR
The Kite of Stars

ALFONSO DACANAY
First Snow of November

GLENN SEVILLA MAS
Her Father’s House

Two more plays are available as PDF fles on Pantas:

WILFRIDO MA. GUERRERO
The Condemned

JOSE RIZAL
Sanggunian ng mga Dios-Diosan