November 17, 2003
DOREEN G. FERNANDEZ
This article emphasized the characteristics of Philippine drama and theater that can be identified as remnants of the war: a clear commitment to the nation on the part of a large number of theater companies; an ease with which theater can be used to convey political messages; a collection of political plays that use indirect expression (symbolic, allegorical, suggestive); a group of veteran playwrights, directors, and actors; a toolbox of theater techniques, strategies, designs, and devices; and thus undoubtedly a theater that does not Through three periods of political conflict—Filipino-American, Japanese, and anti-Marcos—Philippine theater has never shied away from going to combat.
https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/in-focus/seditious-and-subversive-theater-of-war/