G10 Philippine Theater

Question 1

Cultural communities in the country have long been performing rituals that can be
considered as theater presentations.

Question 2

In celebration of different occasions such as courtship,
birth, wedding, circumcision, sickness, baptism, death, planting, hunting, fishing and
harvesting, people gather to watch performances commonly led by the _

Answer 2

babaylan

Question 3

The proto-dramas in cultural communities feature _ _. Participants imitate the
way the animals move.

The popular examples are the monkey dance of the Negritos, the bird
dance of Tausug and the hawk dance of the Higaonon.

Answer 3

mimetic dances

Question 4

Another popular choreography in
indigenous festivals are the _ _. Examples are the Aetas’ fish hunting
dance; the Matigsalugs’ frog hunting dance; the people from the Cordilleras’ head hunting
dance; the Tausugs’ orange picking dance; and the Mansaka’s war dance.

Answer 4

occupational dances

Question 5

Another popular choreography in
indigenous festivals are the occupational dances. Examples are the Aetas’ fish hunting
dance; the Matigsalugs’ frog hunting dance; the people from the Cordilleras’ head hunting
dance; the Tausugs’ orange picking dance; and the Mansaka’s war dance.

Question 6

The most popular drama that the Spaniards brought to the country is the _. Also
known as moro-moro, the performances typically last from three to fifteen hours.

Answer 6

komedya

Question 7

There are

two types of komedya: the secular komedya and the religious komedya.

Question 8

about the conflict between Christians and Muslims inspired by European metrical Romances

Several forms of it still exist today such as the arakyo in Nueva Ecija and the komedya
presentations in Parañaque.

Answer 8

Secular komedya

Question 9

were used by the Spanish priests to teach
Christianity and colonial values.

They didactic and hardly survive nowadays. An example of
this is the Comedia de San Miguel in Iligan City

Answer 9

religious komedya

Question 10

the play on
the passion and death of Christ comes with different names such as the Centurion in Laguna,
Tanggal in Camarines Sur.

Answer 10

senakulo

Question 11

is being performed in celebration of

Palm Sunday

Answer 11

Osana in Malolos Bulacan

Question 12

is the reenactment of the way of the cross using

pulley-manipulated images

Answer 12

Paete Laguna’s Via Crucis

Question 13

shows the agony of Christ
on the cross

Answer 13

Siete Palabras in Camarines Sur

Question 14

performs the fight between Michael the

Archangel and the Jews

Answer 14

Bakahan of Kalayaan Laguna

Question 15

is about the loneliness of Mary

because of the death of her son

Answer 15

Soledad in Camarines Sur

Question 16

dramatizes the meeting of the

Resurrected Christ and his mother

Answer 16

Angono Rizal’s Salubong

Question 17

performs the story of the

soldier who pierced the side of Jesus

Answer 17

Moriones in Marinduque

Question 18

depicts the

search for an inn by Joseph and Mary

Answer 18

Cavite’s Maytinis or Panunulyan

Question 19

features young shepherds who

go house to house singing Christmas songs

Answer 19

Pastores in Leyte

Question 20

dramatizes the

search of the three kings for the child Jesus.

Answer 20

Marinduque has Tatlong Hari

Question 21

sarswelas made as a protest against the American regime

The important plays
during the era include

Answer 21

Tomas Remigio’s Malaya​
Juan Abad’s Tanikalang Ginto​,
Juan Matapang Cruz’s Hindi Aco Patay​
Aurelio Tolentino’s Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas

Question 22

is arguably
the most popular seditious play. It featured the story of the Filipinos in the hands of
colonizers.

Answer 22

Aurelio Tolentino’s Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas

Question 23

Although it started in the late Spanish regime, _ continue to evolve during the American occupation.

Answer 23

sarswelas

Question 24

most popular sarswela at the the time

Answer 24

Dalagang Bukid in 1919 by Hermogenes Ilagan and Leon Ignaci

Question 25

The main character was portrayed by National Artist for Theater _ _ _ _ _

(Dalagang Bukid)

Answer 25

National Artist for Theater Honorata “Atang” de la Rama.

Question 26

Some of the sarswelas were made as a protest against the American regime. The tirades against the new colonizers were hidden in allegories and metaphors.

Question 27

was introduced by the Americans in 1930 with its lively skits and dance and musical numbers. It instantly eclipsed the popularity of sarswelas. Known as “stage show,” Filipino performers imitated original American presentations and made them local versions.

Answer 27

Bodabil

stage show

Question 28

Different influences enabled the Filipinos to write their own plays. They included the “Filipino soul” on their works. They embedded in their works the unique and colorful culture of the country.

Question 29

The characters were named after Filipino figures and values such as Inangbayan
who symbolizes the Filipinos, Taga-ilog represents patriotic men, Halimau is the Spanish
priests, ​Dilatbulag ​is Spain, and ​Bagonsibol ​is America.

(Aurelio Tolentino’s Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas)

Question 30

Legitimate theater found a home inside the educational institutions. These plays have
“artistic merits” and presented Western Plays in the English language. The theater groups
adapted the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles, Chekov, Wilde, Miller, and others. These
productions, as well as the bodabil, fueled the Filipino’s “_ _”

Answer 30

American Dream

Question 31

national artists original plays

Answer 31

Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero “Forsaken House,”
Nick Joaquin “A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino,”
Severino Montano “The Love of Leonor Rivera.”

Question 32

realism filipino plays

Answer 32

Bienvenido Noriega Jr’s “Bayan-Bayanan,”
Tony Perez’ “Biyaheng Timog,”
Paul Dumol’s “Maniago,”
Rene Villanueva’s “May Isang Sundalo”
Chris Millado’s “Buwan at Baril sa Eb Major”

Question 33

presented

characters and situations of Filipinos in the big problems of the society

Answer 33

realism

Question 34

western influences of non realistic plays

Answer 34

Anton Brecht and his Theater of Instruction

Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed

Question 35

filipino non realistic plays

Answer 35

Maranatha by Rodulfo Galenzoga
Mayo A beinte Uno by Al Santos

Paul Dumol’s Ang Paglilitis kay Mang Serapio
Al Santos’s Ang Sistema ni Propesor Tuko

Question 36

absurdism influenced plays

Answer 36

Paul Dumol’s Ang Paglilitis kay Mang Serapio

Al Santos’s Ang Sistema ni Propesor Tuko

Question 37

filipino original musicals

Answer 37

Nuklyar! by Al Santos and Joey
Ayala, Magsimula Ka by Gines Tan
Bien Aligtad by Dong de los Reyes

Sining Kambayorka’s Halik sa Kampilan
Iligan Performing Arts Guild’s Ranaw
Dapat Dabaw’s Sinalimba

Question 38

original musicals which exposes problems of Mindanao

Answer 38

Sining Kambayorka’s Halik sa Kampilan
Iligan Performing Arts Guild’s Ranaw
Dapat Dabaw’s Sinalimba

Question 39

artists in the country experimented and used different techniques and ideologies in their
plays

Question 40

used a chorus as narrator and commentator on the show

Answer 40

PETA’s Juan Tamban

Question 41

had his komedya Prinsipe Rodante who rejected religious descrimination

Answer 41

Max Alligue

Question 42

transformed the mass into a protest play in his Pagsambang Bayan

Answer 42

Bonifacio Ilagan

Question 43

National Artist
Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio integrated the Japanese _ to her Ang Paglalakbay ni Sisa and
_ to her Ang Madyik na Sumbrero

Answer 43

Noh, Kyogen