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Spanish Colonial Theater Tradition CAED 127: Module 1 Lesson 1.2 Spanish Colonial Theater (1565- 1898) In 1565, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi conquered the Philippines and established its capital in Manila. Spain would rule the Philippines for over 333 years. The Spanish goals for colonizing the P...

Spanish Colonial Theater Tradition CAED 127: Module 1 Lesson 1.2 Spanish Colonial Theater (1565- 1898) In 1565, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi conquered the Philippines and established its capital in Manila. Spain would rule the Philippines for over 333 years. The Spanish goals for colonizing the Philippines were both economic and spiritual. Dramatic Forms during Spanish Colonial Period  1) KOMEDYA is a play written in verse Dramatic (usually octosyllabic dodecasyllabic or quatrains), Forms which uses conventions of the marcha for exits and entrances, batalla or choreographed fighting, and magia or magical effects. 1ˢᵗ appeared in Cebu,1598 1ˢᵗ performance was in native language (Martyrdom of Santa Barbara) Last for 2 – 3 Days Martyrdom of Santa Barbara  Komedya Principal Types EPIC BATTLES BETWEEN KOMEDYA DE SANTO CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS (Religious) (Secular) Life of Patron Saints. Moro-moro - Moro is the Spanish for “Moor” Example: - earliest known form of organized Komedya de San Miguel (Iligan) theatre in the Philippines Tibag or Arakyo (Nueva Ecija) - staged every 28ᵗʰ of September - revolves around the search by The play includes a “eskrima” dance, Elena and Constantino for the imitating the fight between Senior San Cross of Christ and the obstacles they encounter in that search. Miguel and Lusbel who was cast down to hell. (See sample Video)  2) The PLAYLETS Stories of Christ and Dramatic Saints Short plays Forms Social Function = reaffirm the values & belief shared by the community & Strenthen individual commitment to society. Moro Y Christianos - made by Father Hironimo Perez 1637 Boac’s Via Crucis Battle of Covadonga (Way of the Cross) (718 AD)  3) SINAKULO Cenacle or Passion Dramatic 1ˢᵗ performance is the Mahal na Passion Forms (1703) Written in verse/prose Performance is about the dramatized history of salvation See the video  4) SARSWELA Dramatic From the Spanish form Zarzuela Forms ZARZUELA -a Spanish traditional form of musical comedy. - The use of music in stage became a standard practice in the late 15ᵗʰ Century. Thus, led to the emergence of other forms of Spanish musical theater. ZARZUELA In the mid-17ᵗʰ Century, King Philip IV (reigned 1621–65) often hosted extravagant receptions that included performances of short comic plays with musical accompaniment. Many of these events were held in La Zarzuela, the royal hunting lodge, so named because it was surrounded by zarzas (“brambles”). Musical theatre performances of the type held at the lodge eventually became known as zarzuelas.  4) SARSWELA Dramatic SARSWELA (Sarsuwela, Forms Sarsuela) The plays are prose (Shorter than poetry) with songs and dances Serves as the “enlightened” form of drama because it introduced more scientific way of depicting reality which reoriented the Filipinos from the fantasy of European Kingdoms.  In 1878, Two theater was In the following years more SARSWEL burned down (Teatro Espanol & Teatro del Principe Alfoso) groups arrived, like Alejandro Cubero (father of Spanish A and thus the led to the creation of Teatro de Novedades. Theater in the Philippines), which presented the zarzuela not only in Here various troupes Manila but in Iloilo, Cebu, performed and among them Pampanga, and Bicol. was a troupe from Zarzuela “Ing Managpe (The Patcher) was organized in Spain by Darius the Pampanga’s first Sarswela. Cespedes. - Jugar Con Fuego (1851) The Sarswela thrived from 1900 to 1940 because of mass support and elite sponsorship, and because of its portrayal of familiar characters, conditions, and concerns. Walang Sugat 1902 Paglipas ng Dilim 1920 Severino Reyes Precioso Palma At Leon IGNACIO Sa Bunganga ng Pating 1921 Julian Cruz Balmaseda lofty themes of love of -3-act play to attack social evils, like usury country at a time of satirize the foibles of Filipinos revolution  5) THE DRAMA Dramatic Brought after the opening of Forms Suez Canal (1869) It is prose plays without music 1st Drama: Cuadros Filipinos 1882 (Philippine Scene) Joseph the Carpernter (1880)  Written in Native The Babai nga Huwaran DRAMA 1878 R.I.P 1901 Like Sarswela, it draws themes, characters and stories from current issues (political,religious/socia l)  The Drama General Types of Drama Romantic Drama The Drama Comedy Simboliko Love & Family Allegories Any plot to It have characters create funny whether happy from romantic situations or tragic drama to Satirical, endings comment on a farcical/Slapstic Ex. Esperanza political/social institution. k to make 1916 people laugh Ex. Kahapon, Ex. Mga Ngayon at Santong Tao Bukas 1903 1901