Ang mga dula ni Jose Rizal

Jose Rizal:
The Playwright
 01 San Eustaquio, Martir
02 El Consejo de Dioses
03 Junto Al Pasig
Jose Rizal’s
Plays
 San Eustaquio, Martir
(Saint Eustaquio, Martyr)
❖ 14 years old
❖ Longest Poem, 2414 verses
❖ The play was performed during
1986
❖ Originally in Italian language
❖ Translated by Father Francisco
Sanchez in Spanish
❖ The original copy was lost
during the World War II
❖ Cultura Social in Ateneo University
 Saint Eustace

❖ Placidus, Roman General

❖ He saw Jesus while he was hunting
❖ His whole family converted as a
Christian
❖ Converted his name to Estqauio
❖ After Eustachius military victories he had a
formal talk with Emperor Hadrian to which he
stated that Rome would honor him by offering a
sacrifice for the Roam God Jupiter.

❖ Emperor Hadrian wants to win against

Eustachius
❖ The Emperor used Eustachius' youngest son
Titus.
❖ Metelus was ordered to carry out the command to
honor Eustachius
❖ Eustachius expresses his frustration with Titus
in expressing his loyalty to the throne

❖ Jove or Jupiter
❖ They may face persecution and death for
being Christians
❖ Hadrian and titus about faithfulness
❖ Hadrian, his god was Jove and titus god was
similar to his father.
❖ He compels titus to join his god jove in exchange
for money.
❖ Hadrian threatened titus
❖ Ten commandments : first commandment you
shall not honor other gods.. only true
God.
❖ this playwright is inspired in the bible
story about faith
❖ After Eustachuis military victories, the Emperor
offered him honors & prizes but he politely
refuses
❖ “Obey my order: offer willingly the odorous
incense to most holy Jove”- Hadrian
❖ Eustachuis was ready for any punishment that the
emperor can give even if it’s death.
❖ “You are a criminal then; and you
deserve unhappy death” – Hadrian
❖ Hadrian asked him to offer incense to the
Gods or he will die.
❖ Eustachuis doesn’t fear death and he will
remain faithful to his God.
 El Consejo de los Dioses
(Council of Gods)
❖ Is an allegorical play written in 1879,
❖ It was first published in Liceo Artistico Literario
de Manila
❖ The play won the first prize award in 1880-1881
literary contest commemorating the death of
Cervantes.
❖ This is the most sensuous of Rizal’s writing
reveals his magnificent showy side as hispanist and
classicst.
Background
❖ In 1880, Jose Rizal are still studying in

University of Santo Tomas, when he joined

in a literary contest.
❖ The board of judges are composed of full

blooded Spaniards, they judge every entry

without knowing the contestant, since
they used pen names.
 SUMMARY
CHARACTERS:

❖ Jupiter – Roman God ❖ Juno – Jupiter’s Wife

 ❖ Justice –
❖ Venus – Goddess ❖ Minerva – Goddess
Introduced by Rizal
of Beauty of Wisdom
Allegory
❖ 1. Jupiter, the Roman chief of the Gods, is
planning to give three grandiose gifts (a
golden lyre, trumpet, and a golden crown made
of laurels) – crafted by Vulcan – to a mortal
who did best in literature.
❖ 2. Juno, Jupiter’s wife, suggests Homer, the
writer of “Iliad”. Meanwhile, Venus, the
goddess of beauty, recommends Virgil, author of
“Aedes.”
❖ 3. On the other hand, Minerva (goddess of
wisdom) goes for Cervantes, author of “Don
Quixote.”
Outcome:
❖ First time in history, a 19-year old Filipino

medical student, excelled at literary and

defeating several Spanish writers around Manila
at that time.
❖ As a Filipino teenager, Jose Rizal was happy

because he proved the fallacy of the alleged

Spanish superiority over the Filipinos and
revealed that the Filipinos could hold his own
fair competition against all races.
 Junto Al Pasig
(Beside the Pasig)
❖ one act zarzuela
❖ staged at the Academy of Spanish Literature
on Dec 8, 1880
❖ wrote it to honor Nuestra Senora dela Paz y
Buenviaje de Antipolo (Our Lady of Peace and
Good Voyage)
❖ Theme-about Christianity (good vs. evil) and
Paganism
❖ during Rizal’s time, townsfolk used to carry
the image of Antipolo during the procession at
the Pasig River
❖ he remained close to Jesuits after graduating
in Ateneo, and as a president asked to
contribute to the celebration of the feast of
the Immaculate Conception, the college’s
patroness
❖ Blas Echegoyen- wrote music for the choruses
Members of the academy played the ff characters:
❖ Leonido-Isidro Perez
❖ strong faith in the Virgin, faced the devil and debated
his faith

❖ Satan-Julio Llorente
❖ god of the Filipinos (symbolizes the Spanish authority
and their oppression)

❖ Candido-Antoni Fuentes

❖ Pascual-Aquiles R. de Luzulaga

❖ An Angel-Pedro Carranceja
●the plays poses questions such
“who is the real redeemer?”
“who should be adored?”
“who should one believe?”
 Spanish version
ESCENA PRIMERA
CÁNDIDO, PASCUAL Y OTROS NIÑOS. (Uno de los cuales lleva flores, y otros con
banderas y juguetes propios de la niñez.)
CORO
Rosas, claveles,
—¡Cuán hermosa es la mañana! Ostenta Naturaleza;
Pásig ameno,
Luce con galas mil;
La aurora con sus albores Y esta tranquila corriente
Divina aurora, Va acariciando á las flores Do las bancas se deslizan,
Su hermoso cielo Con que el prado se engalana. ¿No os encantan? ¿No os
Viste de luz gentil; ¡El Pásig! ¿Oís el murmullo hechizan
Sus ojos son divinos,
De las cañas en su orilla? Con su lenguaje elocuente?
Su frente el rosicler.
Sus labios ¿Escucháis de la avecilla ¿No os dicen que su contento
purpurinos El suave y variado arrullo? Lo causa la Vírgen pía,
El pecho hacen arder: Decidme: tanta belleza, Viviendo en aqueste día
En tí, dulce hermosura.
Tanto adorno y galanura, Con pomposo lucimiento?
La mente segura va;
En tí, rica ventura
Que con mágica hermosura
El alma feliz tendrá. TODOS.
—¡Sin duda!
(RECITADO)
CÁNDIDO.
PASCUAL.
—Tal alborozo
En el pueblo se respira;
Tal es el placer que inspira,
Que todos bailan de gozo.
Llenas encuentro doquier
De vistosos aparejos
Las calles; niños y viejos.
Todos salen para ver.
NIÑO Iº—Hablas, Pascual, muy de veras;
¡Y lo creo! Pues la gente
Anda colgando impaciente
Gallardetes y banderas.
NIÑO 2º—Aquí traigo un canastillo
De flores para ofrecer
A la Virgen...
NIÑO 1º—¡Ole! ¡A ver!...
Es un regalo sencillo... (Lo mira con
desprecio.)
Yo tengo una jaula en casa
Do moran pintadas aves,
Cuyos trinos son tan suaves
Que se la daré, si pasa.
NIÑO 3º—¡Pajaritos! ¡Qué locura!
Yo tengo bombas, cohetes... (Con jactancia.)
NIÑO 1º—¡Quita allá! ¡Esos son juguetes
Que sólo infunden pavura!...
NIÑO 3º—¡Tú tienes miedo!
NIÑO 1º—¿Yo? ¡No!
PASCUAL.—Tengo una flauta de caña...
(Todos se ríen.)
TODOS.—¡Ja! ¡Ja!
PASCUAL.
—¿La cosa os extraña?
¡Pues sí! ¡La tocaré yo!
Mi padre, como sabéis,
Me enseñó varias sonatas,
Lindas, muy lindas, muy gratas:
Las tocaré; ¡ya veréis!
NIÑO 2º—¡Mejores serán mis flores!
PASCUAL.—¡Mi flauta!
NIÑO 1º—¡Qué tontería!
Es mejor la jaula mía...
NIÑO 3º—¡Cá! Las bombas son mejores.
NIÑO 1º—¡No, señor!
NIÑO 3º—¡Que sí, señor!
NIÑO 1º—¡Vaya un tonto!
NIÑO 3º—¡Vaya un loco!
Tu pobre jaula es bien poco.
NIÑO 1º—Tus bombas son lo peor.
CÁNDIDO.—¡Ea, amigos! No riñais:
Es cada ofrenda preciosa;
Pero suplico una cosa,
Y es... que obedientes me oigáis:
Una banca adornaremos
Con el más bello atavío;
Dentro de ella, aqueste río
Mansamente surcaremos;
Banderas y gallardetes
Pondremos de mil colores;
Llevarás todas tus flores;
Tú, la jaula; tú, cohetes;
Este, con flauta sonora
Irá entretanto tocando:
Así vamos navegando...
Hasta hallar á la Señora.
¿Qué os parece?
TODOS.—¡Bien, muy bien!
NIÑO 3º—¡Es idea singular!
NIÑO 1º—¡Vamos la banca á buscar!
CÁNDIDO.—¡Eso lo digo también! (Se
dispone a salir.)
¡Calla! ¿Y Leónido? ¿Do está?
PASCUAL.—¡Ah!
Hacer!...
¡Verdad! ¿Adónde fué?
NIÑO 3º—¡Se registrará
NIÑO 2º—¿Dónde ha ido?
Hasta el fondo del abismo!
NIÑO 3º—No lo sé.
CORO.
CÁNDIDO.—Pues bien, se le buscará: Marchemos, marchemos, Marchemos
Nuestra banca dejaremos sin tardanza: ¡Felice nuestra holganza!
Para después: es igual: ¡María colmará!
Nos falta lo principal,
Pues al jefe no tenemos.
NIÑO 1º—Busquémosle.
CÁNDIDO.—¡Ahora mismo!
¡Sin él nada se podrá
 English version FIRST SCENE
CANDID, EASTER AND OTHER CHILDREN. (One of which carries flowers, and others
with flags and toys typical of childhood.)
CHORUS.

Roses, carnations, The murmur

Pásig ameno,
Luce with a thousand finery;
Divine aurora,
His beautiful sky
Wears gentle light;
His eyes are divine,
His forehead the rosicler.
His purplish lips
The chest burns:
In you, sweet beauty.
The safe mind goes;
In you, rich fortune
The happy soul will have.
(RECITATION)
NAIVE.
"How beautiful is the morning!"
The dawn with its dawn is
caressing the flowers
With which the meadow is adorned.
The Pásig! Do you hear
of the reeds on its shore?
Do you hear of the bird
The soft and varied lullaby?
Tell me: so much beauty,
So much adornment and gallantry,
That with magical beauty
It shows Nature;
And this quiet current
Do the benches slide,
don't you love them? Don't they enchant you
with their eloquent language?
Don't they tell you that their contentment is
caused by the virgin Virgin,
living in this day
with pompous showdown?
EVERYBODY.
-Definitely!
PASCHAL.
—That joy
In the town you can breathe;
Such is the pleasure that inspires,
That all dance with joy.
Full I find everywhere
Of colorful rigging
The streets; Children and old people.
Everyone goes out to see.
CHILD I — You speak, Paschal, really;
And I believe it! Well, people are
hanging impatiently
Pennants and flags.
CHILD 2nd — Here I bring a basket
of flowers to offer
the Virgin ...
CHILD 1st — GOOGLE! Let's see! ...
It's a simple gift ... ( He looks at it with contempt .)
I have a cage at home
Do moran painted birds,
Whose trills are so soft
I'll give it to him, if it happens.
CHILD 3rd — Little birds! What madness!
I have bombs, rockets ... ( Boasting .)
CHILD 1st — Take it away! Those are toys
that only infuse pavement! ...
CHILD 3rd — You are afraid!
CHILD 1st — Me? Do not!
PASCUAL. — I have a reed flute ...
( Everyone laughs .)
EVERYONE. — Ha! Ha!
PASCHAL.
"Does the thing miss you?"
You are right! I will touch her!
My father, as you know,
taught me several sonatas,
beautiful, very beautiful, very pleasant:
I will touch them; You will see!
CHILD 2nd — Best will be my flowers! Mansamente River we will cross;
Flags and pennants
PASCUAL. — My flute! We will put a thousand colors;
You will carry all your flowers;
CHILD 1st — What nonsense! You, the cage; you, rockets;
My cage is better ... This one, with a sound flute,
will go in the meantime playing:
CHILD 3rd — Cá! The bombs are better. So we go sailing ...
Until I find the Lady.
CHILD 1st — No, sir! What do you think?
CHILD 3rd — Yes, sir! ALL. — Good, very good!
CHILD 1st — What a fool! CHILD 3rd — It's a unique idea!
CHILD 3rd — Go crazy! CHILD 1st — Let's go to the bank to look!
Your poor cage is very little.
CANDID. — I say that too! ( He is about to
CHILD 1st — Your bombs are the worst. leave. )
Shut up! And Leonido? Is it?
CANDID. — Hey, friends! Do not quarrel:
It is every precious offering; PASCUAL. — Ah! Truth! Where was he?
But I beg one thing,
And it is ... that you obediently listen to me: CHILD 2nd — Where have you gone?
A bench we will decorate
With the most beautiful attire; CHILD 3rd — I don't know.
Inside it, you will
cross
CANDID. — Well, it will look for you:
Our bank will leave
For later: it is the same:
We lack the main thing,
Well , we don't have the boss.

CHILD 1st — Let's look for him.

CANDID. — Right now!

Without it nothing can be done
! ...

CHILD 3rd — It will be registered

to the bottom of the abyss!

CHORUS.
Marchemos, marchemos, Marchemos
sin tardanza: ¡Felice nuestra
holganza! ¡María colmará!
CHARACTERS:

❖ LEONIDO (ISIDRO PEREZ)

young FILIPINO
has strong FAITH

❖ SATAN (JULIO LLORENTE)

God of the Filipinos

❖ PASCUAL (AQUILES R. de LUZULAGA)

❖ CANDID (ANTON FUENTES)

❖ ANGEL (PEDRO CARRANCEJA)

SUMMARY:

The story revolves around

Christianity, Good vs Evil and
Paganism. It ended on how Leonido
praised the Virgin Mary on saving
him. It explains on how our culture
made us believe in mythical creatures
and if only we have stronger faith.
God is the only one who can really
save us in many challenges.
❖ 7 SCENES

❖ FINALE
In the end, the main point is
Filipinos embraced Catholicism but
not slavery to colonizers.
SYMBOLISM

❖ SATAN
-Spanish Authority
-Spanish oppression to the Filipinos

❖ DIWATA
-Rizal’s Nationalism