Fernandez, Doreen G.

Palabas : essays on Philippine theater history / by Doreen G. Fernández. - Quezon City, Manila, Philippines : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c1996. - ix, 264 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257) and index.

From ritual to realism ; Indigenous drama ;The Jesuits and early theater ;Tradition and revitalization in the Komedya
Zarzuela to Sarswela ; The "seditious" plays Contemporary drama to the early eighties ; Drama after martial law ;
The playbill after 1983 ; The economy of culture ; Salubong in Angono, Riza! ; Princesa Miramar at Prinsipe Leandro ; A reading of Buwan at Baril ; A plea for critics ; Practical questions on drama criticism today ; Chronology of events in Philippine theater (1598-1994) ; Playwrights and plays cited (1637-1994).



9715501885 (pbk.)


Theater--Philippines--History.
Philippine drama--History and criticism.

Fil 899.210203 F391 1996