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Quarter 4 – WEEK 6

Representative Philippine
Theatrical Forms

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Quarter 4 – WEEK 6
Representative Philippine Theatrical Forms

Learning Competency
• Discusses the history of the theatrical composition and its own evolution and describe how the townspeople
participate and contribute to the event. A7EL-Ivb-2
• Discusses the elements and principles of arts as seen in the theatrical forms. AEL-IVc-3

Objectives
At the end of the module, you should be able to:
✓ Identify the representative theatrical forms in the Philippines.
✓ Create a poem displaying one’s appreciation of Philippine Theater Forms.
✓ Exhibit understanding of the importance of knowing theatrical forms in the Philippines through writing a
reflection.

ACTIVITY 1
What do you know about the different theatrical forms in our country? Write 2-3 sentences of your ideas for each
theatrical form listed below.

❖ Shadow puppetry
❖ Comedia
❖ Moro-Moro
❖ Senakulo
❖ Zarzuela

REPRESENTATIVE THEATRICAL FORMS

Since the time of Dr. Jose Rizal, national hero, in the year 1898, Shadow Puppetry had already been
formed in the Philippines, when he staged the play entitled “Carillo”. Rizal used a carton and a stick and
positioned this at the back of a large, white cloth; using a candle to illuminate the back of the puppets to create
the shadows.

Shadow puppetry - or shadow play is an

ancient art form that uses flat, expressed
figures to produce cut-out figures which
are held together by sticks and
sometimes, thread, to create movement,
which are shown behind a thin layer of
cloth or screen and a light source to create
the shadows.

Comedia or Komedya - comes from 16th

century Spanish comedia (play). It is one of
the colorful theatrical traditions in the
Philippines used by the Spanish as a
method to spread Christianity. This
theatrical form describes the conflicts of
Christians and Muslims. There are two
types of Komedya: Secular Komedya and
Religious Komedya.

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 Secular Komedya - an example of
secular komedya popularized in the
1600’s is the “Moro-Moro”, that use
stories that revolve around kings,
queens, princes, princesses, animals,
and supernatural beings. Most of the
time, it portrays the clash between
Christians and Filipino Muslims.

Religious Komedya - Mostly performed

to enhance religious festivities. It
focuses on the life of religious icons
(Jesus Christ, St. Michael, and other
patron saints.) Examples are Siete
Palabras, Comedia de San Miguel and
Senakulo, the Lenten presentation of
the Passion of Christ.

Zarzuela or Sarswela - is an art form of lyric

theater drama, comical in nature and it is
incorporated with singing, dancing, and
dialogue. It is a play in prose. Zarzuela originated
from Spain and was made popular in the
Philippines in the 1800’s. It portrays the typical
Filipino realities which viewers can relate in
their lives such as elections and feasts, marriage
and family, vices, and values. Walang Sugat is
one of the most famous Zarzuela in the country.

ACTIVITY 2
Read the questions/situations carefully and answer them.
1. What is the difference between Secular and Religious Komedya?
2. Have you ever experienced making images out of your shadow during brownout? How will you describe the
experience? And what are the important art elements present in your shadow making?

ACTIVITY 4: CREATE A POEM

General Instructions: Create a poem displaying your appreciation of Philippine Theater Forms (the ones discussed in
this module). You may also include in the content of your poem the importance of theater arts to you, or your school, or your
community, or for our country in general.

Technical Instructions: The poem can be written in a maximum of 4 stanzas, with the minimum of 2. There must be 4
lines in each stanza, last words of each line must rhyme, but you may follow free meter.

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RUBRICS
CATEGORY Excellent - 10
Student devoted a lot of time
and effort to the writing
THE WRITING PROCESS /
process and worked hard to
EFFORT
make the poem a good read.
The poem has no error.
The poem has a title that
clearly relates to the poem
TITLE and adds interest to the
theme or message of the
poem
The final draft of the poem is
readable, clean, neat and
attractive. It is free of
NEATNESS
erasures and crossed-out
words. It looks like the author
took great pride in it.
The poem is filled with
VOCABULARY descriptive vocabulary that
appeals to the reader.
Overall Total: 40 points
Good - 7 Satisfactory - 5
Student devoted some time
Student devoted adequate
and effort to the writing
time and effort to the writing
process but was not very
process and worked to get
thorough. Does enough to
the job done. The poem may
get by. There are several
have one or two errors.
errors.
The poem has a title that
The poem has a title
relates to the poem
The final draft of the poem is
The final draft of the poem is
readable, neat and attractive.
readable and some of the
It may have one or two
pages are attractive. It looks
erasures, but they are not
like parts of it might have
distracting. It looks like the
been done in a hurry.
author took some pride in it.
The poem includes many The poem includes some
descriptive elements and is descriptive words and
appealing. phrases.