Category: Works of Known Filipino Artists

His extensive body of work includes 50 plays, 150 poems, and one novel. Aside from his writings, he was also a director, actor, and theater organizer.

During his time as Dean of the Philippine Normal College, he founded the Arena Theater. Through this, he institutionalized “legitimate theater” in the Philippines with the aim of “bringing drama to the masses’ ‘ and creating a national drama program that would serve the barrios of the Philippines, performing in barrios in 47 provinces around the country.

Four of his plays became tour staples: The Love of Leonor Rivera, Parting at Calamba, The Ladies and the Senador, and Sabina. Other published works include My Morning Star, But Not My Sons Any Longer, Gabriela Silang, and The Merry Wives of Manila.

Works:

https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/severino-montano/

http://topicalphilippines.com/People_Individuals/Montano_Severino.html

Sabina:

https://efeichem.blogspot.com/2016/06/sabina.html

Parting at Calamba:

https://phoelea.blogspot.com/2011/08/parting-at-calamba-by-severino-montano.html

Known as “The First Lady of Philippine Theatre”. Daisy Pardo Hontiveros-Avellana has been in notable productions like Othello, Macbeth in Black, Casa de Bernarda Alba, and Tatarin.But she is most remembered for her portrayal of Candida Marasigan from the stage and film versions of Nick Joaquin’s classic Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino. She was named a National Artist in 1999

Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana was a director, actor, and writer. Among her directorial credits were Diego Silang, and Walang Sugat. She helped raise the Philippine theater scene from the 30s to the 70s. She would stage and perform in breakthrough productions of classic Filipino and foreign plays and encourage the professionalization of Filipino theater. With her husband, fellow National Artist Lamberto Avellana, she paved the way for the popularization of the dramatic arts in the country, presenting plays even on radio and television.

Works:

https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/daisy-h-avellana/

https://varsitarian.net/circle/20130611/pillar_of_stage_performing_arts

He was a poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic, set and costume designer, essayist, and educator during his lifetime. Rolando was considered as a “Titan of Philippine theatre”.

He was also known for translating Western classics into Tagalog, bringing Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Checkhov, Puccini, and Verdi to Filipino audiences, and advancing the Filipino language. He likewise helped establish Filipino language drama in the 70s.

Works:

https://philnews.ph/2022/03/02/rolando-tinio-famous-works-some-famous-works-of-the-filipino-poet/

Wilfrido Maria Barredo Guerrero is a director, playwright, and theater actor. He wrote 100 plays during his life., 41 of which have been published. But his unpublished plays have still been staged or broadcast over the radio all over the country. He was made a National artist in 1997.

Some of these plays include: Half an Hour in a Convent, Wanted: A Chaperon, Forever, Condemned, Perhaps, In Unity, Deep in My Heart, Three Rats, Our Strange Ways, The Forsaken House, Frustrations.

Half an Hour in a Convent:

https://prezi.com/metaylnz0jel/half-an-hour-in-a-convent/#:~:text=%22Half%20an%20Hour%20in%20a%20Convent%2C%22%20written%20in%201934,ways%20for%20half%20a%20year.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/48689529/Half-an-Hour-in-a-Convent-Wilfrido-Ma-Guerrero

Wanted: A Chaperon

https://upreplib.tripod.com/chaperon.htm

Condemned:

https://pdfslide.net/documents/condemned-wilfredo-ma-guerrero.html

Named as a National Artist in 1987. Atang Dela Rama was a vaudeville star in the 30s. She is also known as the first Filipina actress and the Queen of the Kundiman and the Sarsuela.

She was known for her iconic rendition of Dalagang Bukid. She not only sang at major theaters like Teatro Libertad and Teatro Zorilla but she also performed in cockpits and open plazas around the country.

She was also a theatrical producer, writer, and talent manager.

She was also an advocate for the dominance of kundiman and sarsuela during the American occupation.

She sang kundimans and other Filipino songs in concerts around the world from Hawaii, San Francisco, and New York City, to Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo, as part of her quest to bring Filipino culture to the world.

Filmography:

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1876452/

https://muntingnayon.com/103/103931/

Lamberto Vera Avellana was named a national artist for film in 1976. He is also a well known stage director. He and his wife, Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, who is also a national artist established the Barangay Theatre guild with their colleagues like Leon Ma. Guerrero and Raul Manglapus.

After years of directing plays, Carlos P. Romulo encouraged him to shift into film. In his 6 decade long career, Lamberto directed more than 70 films. His most notable works are Sakay, Anak Dalita, Kandelerong Pilak, Sergeant Hasan, Destination Vietnam, and The Evil Within.

Filmography:

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0042885/

Sakay:

https://epa.culturalcenter.gov.ph/4/24/1275/

Badjao:

https://www.abs-cbn.com/newsroom/news-releases/2020/9/4/newly-scanned-badjao-film-debuts-cinema-one?lang=

Anak Dalita:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI4JIRs9I4Q