SPECIAL PROGRAM IN THE ARTS

THEATER ARTS
Grade 9
Quarter 1
Weeks1&2
 HOW TO USE THE MODULE

Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb you
while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully enjoy
the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of this
module.

2. Write on your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Writing enhances learn-
ing, that is important to develop and keep in mind.

3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.

4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer key card.

5. Analyze conceptually the post-test and apply what you have learned.

6. Enjoy studying!

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 PARTS OF THE MODULE

Expectation - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the module.

Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be
mastered throughout the lesson.

Prior Knowledge - This section will measure check previous knowledge of a

connected topic.

Lesson- This section will discuss the topic for this module.

Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.

Wrap Up- This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the les-
sons.

Valuing-this part will check the integration of values in the learning

competency.

Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire
module. Ito po ang parts ng module

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 To SPA Theater Majors,

Theater reflects life. Learning theater arts

“We must all enables you to improve as a student, as an

actor and as a person. Develop your skills as
do theater, a student, strive hard to become a good actor
and most especially improve yourself to
to find our become a better person. The lessons included

who we are, in this module intends to help you learn the

theories and skills for your craft.

and to discover
This module was tailored to provide you with
who we could fun and meaningful opportunities for guided

become.” and independent learning at your own pace

and time. Enjoy learning!
-Augusto Boal

-Augusto Boal

Mrs. Queency T. Macalindong

SPA THEATER ARTS TEACHER
Mariano Marcos Memorial High School
Division of City Schools, Manila

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PHILIPPINE THEATER
1 FORMS

EXPECTATIONS

MOST ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
COMPETENCY

 Differentiate different characteristics of

 Describe specific
Philippine Theater Forms.
Philippine theater forms,
 Appreciate the different theater forms.
its qualities, sources, and
influences in a historical time-  Demonstrate knowledge about Philippine
line. theater timeline and influences in each
period.

PRE-TEST

Direction: Encircle the correct answer from the given choices.

1. __________ are more about the rituals, dances , and customs which are
being performed in the community.

A. Indigenous Theater B. Spanish Period

C. Philippine Theater Today C. American Period

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2. __________is a Lenten play that is a dramatic presentation of the Passion of
Jesus Christ — his trial, suffering and death.

A. Moro-Moro B. Sarswela

C. Senakulo D. Komedya

3. It is a theater dramatization of the conflicts between Christian and Muslim he-

roes usually ending with the victory of the Christian and conversion of Mus-
lims to Christianity.
A. Moro-Moro B. Sarswela

C. Senakulo D. Komedya

4. The _____________ is a colorful theatrical tradition in Christianized

Philippines whose plot generally revolves around the social, political
and religious conflicts of Muslim and Christian heroes dramatized in
colorful romantic and stylized acting, and in exotic costumes, pre-
sented usually during community festivals with the support and pa-
tronage of the community. .

A. Bodabil B. Sarswela

C. Senakulo D. Komedya

5. ___________ was the way for the popularization of musical trends and
musicians, performance genres and performers.

A. Bodabil B. Sarswela

C. Senakulo D. Komedya

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 PRIOR KNOWLEDGE CHECK

Direction: Write down ideas that comes to your mind when you see Philip-
pine Theater.

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 LESSON 1:

PHILIPPINE THEATER in the Philippines is as varied as the

cultural traditions and the historical influences that shaped it through the cen-
turies. The dramatic forms that flourished and continue to flourish among the
different peoples of the archipelago include: the indigenous theater, mainly Ma-
lay in character, which is seen in rituals, mimetic dances, and mimetic customs;
the plays with Spanish influence, among which are the komedya, the sinakulo,
the playlets, the sarswela, and the drama; and the theater with Anglo-American
influence, which encompasses bodabil and the plays in English, and the modern
or original plays by Fihpinos, which employ representational and presentational
styles drawn from contemporary modern theater, or revitalize traditional forms
from within or outside the country.

Pre-colonial performance• Theater in the Spanish

Colonial Period•
Before the official coinage of the
term ‘Philippine Theater’, per-
In the three centuries of Spanish rule
formance was already central to
from 1565 to 1898, the Spanish coloniz-
the community. The rituals,
dances, and customs are held or ers, specifically the friars, showed a keen
performed, together or sepa- awareness of the power of theater a
rately, on the occasions of a per- tool for the Christianization.
son’s birth, baptism, circumci-
sion, initial menstruation, court-
ship, wedding, sickness,
and death; or for the cele- KEY
bration of tribal activities. FACTS

Theater in American Philippine Theater Today•

Colonial Period•
Active mostly in schools and uni-
The American colonial regime versities, usually stages Philip-
from 1901 to 1946 had a pro-
pine Dramatic Literature
found effect on 20th century
Philippine theater.

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 LESSON 1:

Different Theater Forms

Pre- Colonial Period The Spanish Colonial The American Colonial

Indigenous Theater Period Period
(1500) (1565 to 1898) (1901 to 1946)

The senakulo and the kome-

dya, which native play-
wrights writing between the
17th and the 19th centuries
developed under parish
priests and landholding na-
tive elites in Manila and the Philippine theater, first in
provinces. A third form, in- form and later in philoso-
troduced during the final phy. This influence is seen
The rituals, dances, and
decades of Spanish rule was in the Philippine bodabil
customs which are still per-
the sarsuwela, which an (vaudeville), the Western
formed with urgency and vi-
emerging intelligentsia was plays presented in English
tality by the different cul-
to cultivate as a dramatic or in Filipino translation/
tural communities that com-
form that best represented adaptation, and the original
prise about five percent of
the interests and self-image modern plays written by
the country’s population are
of the Filipino after the contemporary playwrights.
held or performed, together
Revolution of 1896. Introduced in the 1920s
or separately, on the occa-
from the United States,
sions of a person’s birth,
bodabil is not a play per se,
baptism, circumcision, ini-
but a compilation of songs,
tial menstruation, courtship,
dances, and comedy skits
wedding, sickness, and
which showcase what is
death; or for the celebration
popular in the United
of tribal activities, like hunt-
States. As may be expected,
ing, fishing, rice planting
the Filipinos who perform in
and harvesting, and going to
bodabil cannot help but imi-
war.
tate, and naturally end up
as the “local versions” of the
American “originals.”
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 LESSON 1:

Different Theater Forms

Pre- Colonial Period The Spanish Colonial The American Colonial
Indigenous Theater Period Period
(1500) (1565 to 1898) (1901 to 1946)

Based on medieval Span- Raised in the Anglo-

ish metrical tales, the American tradition, thea-
plots of the komedya tell ter artists have created
about the divine right of original plays using the
kings and his vassals to literary styles and tenden-
keep enemies in subjuga- cies of the West—both the
tion and about the ex- representational style
ploits of knights in battles which seeks to create an
Epic poetry is considered
waged in the name of God illusion of reality through
the highest point of Fili-
and the King against the three-dimensional charac-
pino folk literature,
Moors. The platform stage terization, and the presen-
and dates to the pre-
of the komedya became tational style, which uses
colonial period. These ep-
more elaborately deco- the play as a vehicle for
ics, usually of romance or
rated in later times, but the exposition and promo-
adventure, are commonly
its most basic construc- tion of social issues and
presented during festivals
tion consisted of a back- ideas. As these artists
and gatherings such as
drop with two doors, one learned more and more
weddings, baptisms, and
for Christian characters, about the folk dramatic
wakes. Singers have been
and one for Moors. traditions of their country
known to perform for
and of Asia, they likewise
hours at a time. One of
also began to experiment
the most famous epic po-
with traditional Filipino
ems is Biag ni Lam-ang,
dramatic forms, like the
the national epic of the Ilo-
sarswela, komedya, and
cano people, and notable
sinakulo as well as with
for being the first folk epic
Asian styles like the Noh
to be recorded in written
and the kyogen .
form after being passed on
from generation to genera-
tion.
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Theater Perspective:
Direction: Sketch a scene on how you imagine indigenous theater. Then, write details
about the themes, characteristics, and aesthetic presentation (costume, make-up,
props, scenery).

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Understanding The Theme:

Direction: Write down your ideas about specific picture showcasing different dance rituals of
indigenous theater form.

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 ACTIVITY 3:

THEATER TYPE MAPPING

Direction: Describe each of theater form depicting Spanish Influence.

SENAKULO

SARSWELA

KOMEDYA

MORO-MORO

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 ACTIVITY 4

WRITE UP:
Direction: Choose the most interesting theater form for you during Spanish colonial
period and discuss your ideas and comments based on elements of drama.

MY NOTES:

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 ACTIVITY 5

Direction: Decsribe the following aspects Bodabil. You may watch the documentary
about Philippine Bodabil for a detailed reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYj4Ar9cOo

MUSIC ACTING COSTUME

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 ACTIVITY 6

Theater Forms Timeline:

Direction: Create a timeline about different theater forms in different period. Write
down your descriptions and observations in different theater forms.

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 WRAP UP

PHILIPPINE THEATER
TIMELINE

PHILIPPINE THEATER in the Philippines is as varied as the cul-

tural traditions and the historical influences that shaped it
through the centuries. The dramatic forms that flourished and
continue to flourish among the different peoples of the archipelago
include: the indigenous theater, mainly Malay in character, which
is seen in rituals, mimetic dances, and mimetic customs; the
plays with Spanish influence, among which are the komedya, the
sinakulo, the playlets, the sarswela, and the drama; and the thea-
ter with Anglo-American influence, which encompasses bodabil
and the plays in English, and the modern or original plays by
Fihpinos, which employ representational and presentational
styles drawn from contemporary modern theater, or revitalize tra-
ditional forms from within or outside the country.

MY INSIGHTS:

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 VALUING

What do you like the most about Philippine

Theater? Explain your answer.

POST-TEST

Direction: Encircle the correct answer from the given choices.

1. The following are different forms during pre-colonial period EXCEPT?
A. War Dance B. Wedding Dance

C. Rituals D. Senakulo

2. Which of the following theater form is NOT under the Spanish

colonial period?

A. Sarswela B. Komedya

C. Bodabil D. Senakulo

3. Which of the theater form was a prominent influence during the

American Colonial period?
A. Sarswela B. Komedya

C. Bodabil D. Senakulo

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 4. What are the Asian Styles influenced contemporary theater?

A. Kabuki Plays B. Bunraku

C. Noh and Kyogen D. Takaruzuka

5. __________________is considered the highest point of Filipino folk literature,

and dates to the pre-colonial period.
A. Rituals B. Senakulo

C. Moro-Moro D. Epic Poetry

REFERENCES:
Websites:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2343/bed57b3a1f541ceb6444fef5c57e8ffd481d.pdf?
_ga=2.244056645.1785985925.1593047410-1839094478.1593047410

https://avhrc-kultura.blogspot.com/2007/07/philippine-traditional-theater-forms.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYj4Ar9cOo

5. D

4. C

3. C

2. C

1. D

Key: Post Test

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