Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo was a Filipino playwright known for works that explored the Filipino soul like "Sa Pula, Sa Puti". He held several terms as a Senator and opposed the Marcos dictatorship. The one-act play "Sa Pula, Sa Puti" follows a cockfighting addict named Mang Kulas and comments on people's weaknesses. It uses Tagalog phrases and explores the conflict when Kulas' addiction strains his family before resolving to stop gambling if he loses again.
Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo was a Filipino playwright known for works that explored the Filipino soul like "Sa Pula, Sa Puti". He held several terms as a Senator and opposed the Marcos dictatorship. The one-act play "Sa Pula, Sa Puti" follows a cockfighting addict named Mang Kulas and comments on people's weaknesses. It uses Tagalog phrases and explores the conflict when Kulas' addiction strains his family before resolving to stop gambling if he loses again.
Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo was a Filipino playwright known for works that explored the Filipino soul like "Sa Pula, Sa Puti". He held several terms as a Senator and opposed the Marcos dictatorship. The one-act play "Sa Pula, Sa Puti" follows a cockfighting addict named Mang Kulas and comments on people's weaknesses. It uses Tagalog phrases and explores the conflict when Kulas' addiction strains his family before resolving to stop gambling if he loses again.
Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo was a Filipino playwright known for works that explored the Filipino soul like "Sa Pula, Sa Puti". He held several terms as a Senator and opposed the Marcos dictatorship. The one-act play "Sa Pula, Sa Puti" follows a cockfighting addict named Mang Kulas and comments on people's weaknesses. It uses Tagalog phrases and explores the conflict when Kulas' addiction strains his family before resolving to stop gambling if he loses again.
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AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND Philippines' Komisyon sa Wikang
Filipino (KWF) and National
Francisco "Soc" Aldana Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Rodrigo (January 29, LITERARY WORKS 1914 – Rodrigo was a playwright in January 4, English and Tagalog, with works 1998) was a described as those that distilled Filipino within the Filipino soul. His most playwright, celebrated play was Sa Pula, Sa lawyer, Puti while his most popular Kuro broadcaster, – Kuro sa likod ng mga Balita had and a also won legions of admirers Senator of throughout the country. Some other the Third famous works include Tagalog Congress (1955–1957), Fourth translations of works of Martyr of Congress (1958–1961), Fifth Golgotha and Cyrano de Bergerac.[4] Congress (1962–1965), and Sixth Rodrigo was also known for his Congress (1966–1969) of the tanaga. Republic of the Philippines. In honor of in the struggle LEGACY against the dictatorship of In November 1998 - the same year Ferdinand Marcos, his name was in which he died, Soc Rodrigo's inscribed on the Wall of name was inscribed in the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in 1998 - the year in which Bayani in Quezon City, to honor he died.[1][2] An national cultural his role in the struggle against award named in his honor, the Ferdinand Marcos. Gawad Soc Rodrigo is given by the STORY BACKGROUND to cock pit. This play tells Sa Pula, Sa Puti (For the Red about how he learns and Rooster, For the White Rooster) realizes his foolishness of is a play in one act, written gambling. by Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo. It This practical approach to was first staged on September Francisco Rodrigo's "comedy of 10, 1939 by the University of the cockpit" illustrates a the Philippines Dramatic Club freer way of "bending English" at the Manila Metropolitan and delivers a more vivid Theater. Originally, this was impression of "native" speech. written by Rodrigo in English The dialogues have been for his class in dramatics liberally flavored with Tagalog under Jean Garrot Edades at the expressions in near-literal University of Santo Thomas. It English translation. Also,the has been expanded and revised playwright aimed to extract the by Rodrigo and he subsequently general theme of gambling with translated it in Tagalog. It a hint of comedy which will be has also been published in presented into two. Short Plays of the Philippines , Manila: Robert S. Hendry, 1950, by Jean Edades. This play is a comedy that comments on people's weakness in a situation recognizable throughout the country. Its main character is a sabungero or cockfighter who is addicted ELEMENTS OF THE STORY Conflict: Characters; When Mang Kulas decided to continue his cockfighting KULAS-an out-and-out addiction without noticing that sabungero, or cockfighting it slowly ruin his family bond. addict CEILING- wife of Kulas RESOLUTION: CASTIOR- friend of Kulas Mang Kulas promised to his TEBAN- frind of Kulas and wife that when he lose for the Ceiling last time he will stop betting for his chicken.
SETTINGS: In a cock arena In the house of Kulas and Ceiling STORY BACKGROUND
FULL VERSION OF THE STORY
ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY SA PULA, SA PUTI PLOT SEQUENCE AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND
