11: National Artist for Theater Flashcards
She elevated legitimate theater and dramatic arts to a new level of excellence by staging and performing in the production of classic Filipino and foreign plays
Daisy Avellana
Most of the works she played and became famous in were foreign plays made by Western playwrights like the Othello (1953) and Macbeth in Black (1959).
Daisy Avellana
When was Daisy Avellana awarded as a National artist in theater?
1999
First Lady of the Philippine Theater
Daisy Avellana
She co-founded the Barangay Theater Guild in 1939 with her husband
Daisy Avellana
Couple both awarded as national artists in theater
Daisy Avellana
Lamberto Avellana
Daisy Avellana’s most remembered character portrayal
Candida Marasigan
in Nick Joaquin’s “Portrait of the Artist as Filipino”
Was a singer and bodabil performer who played as Angelita at the age of 14 in the film adaptation of the zarzuela “Dalagang Bukid.”
Honorata “Atang” de la Rama
First Filipina film actress in the very first locally produced film.
Honorata “Atang” de la Rama
Queen of Kundiman and Sarsuela (1979)
Honorata “Atang” de la Rama
Honorata “Atang” de la Rama’s husband who’s also a national artist
Amado V. Hernandez
Year of conferment of Atang de la Rama
1987
Four Operatas Atang de la rama wrote during her time
Bulaklak sa Kabundukan
Aking Ina
Anak ni Eva
Puri at Buhay
He was known for translating Western classics including works of famous playwrights like Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Puccini and Verdi, into Tagalog
Rolando S. Tinio
When was Rolando Tinion awarded as a national artist for theater and literature?
1997
Prolific theater designer who designed and worked on more than 300 productions in theater, dance, and music
Salvador F. Bernal
He pioneered creative use of inexpensive and indigenous materials
Salvador F. Bernal
A National Artist for Theater Design awarded in 2003
Salvador F. Bernal
Father of Philippine Theater Design
Salvador F. Bernal
The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies
Lamberto V. Avellana
Was the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film
Lamberto Avellana
He was the first to use motion picture camera to produce point of view films
Lamberto V. Avellana
When was Lambarto Avellana awarded as a national artist?
1976
Filipino playwright, director, teacher, and theater artist and has mentored some of the country’s best Filipino performing artists including Joy Virata and Joone Gamboa
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
The first play Guerrero wrote at the age of 14 in Spanish that was produced in Ateneo de Manila University when he was 15
No Todo Es Risa
The first Filipino to have a theater named after him
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
He became a reporter and a proofreader for La Vanguardia, a drama critic for the Manila Tribune
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
Has written over hundred plays, 41 have been published and several has been translated and produced into Chinese, Italian, Spanish, etc.
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
One of the Titans of Philippine Theater
Severino Montano
a forerunner in institutionalizing “legitimate theatre” in the country who took up courses and graduate degrees abroad
Severino Montano
Trained and directed new generation dramatists including Rolando S. Tinio, Emmanuel Borlaza, Joone Gamboa, and Behn Cervantes
Severino Montano
Organized the Arena Theatre and its playwrighting contest to bring drama to masses
Severino Montano
When was Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero awarded?
1997
