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Quarter 4 – Module 4b:
Western Classical Plays/Opera and
Famous Filipino Playwrights and
Directors

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Quarter 4 – Module 4b: Western Classical Plays/Opera and Famous Filipino
Playwrights and Directors
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 What I Need to Know

Theater Arts of the Western countries are produced and performed in different
periods that have had great influence from the Ancient Greek and Roman theater art.
Some of the famous playwrights and composers of the Western Theater Arts/
Opera were Sophocles, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Farinelli, Claudio
Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Victor Hugo, Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Giuseppe
Verdi, and Giacomo Puccini.
Modern theatrical plays and musicals are still influenced by their predecessors.
The development and evolution of Western classical plays/operas are specifically
discussed in this module
For better and effective understanding, different activities will be performed in this
module. Viewing and listening of sample plays or operas are encouraged to promote
appreciation of the culture and traditions of the western countries (Badiola et al 2014).

What I Know

PRE-ASSESSMENT
DIRECTION: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is
incorrect. Do this in your Arts notebook.
________1. Sophocles is an ancient Greek tragedian who wrote 123 plays but only 7
have survived in a complete form.
________2. William Shakespeare has been known as the “Bard of Avon” and wrote
the most famous tragedy and one of the world’s most enduring love
story “Romeo and Juliet”.
________3. The opera “Carmen” is one of the world’s most popular opera and was
written by William Shakespeare
________4. Balagtas is so greatly revered in the Philippines that the term for Filipino
debate in extemporaneous verse is named after him: Balagtasan and
one of the greatest literary awards in the Philippines is also named
after him.
________5. Severino R. Reyes is a French writer, dramatist, and playwright, he was
highly acclaimed as one of the giants of Tagalog literature.
________6. Lights and Music are elements that give special effects to a play.
Dynamics and intensity of these elements express mood, time, or
weather of a certain scene.
________7. Playwrights are the ones who act on stage with their respective roles.

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________8. Production Team are responsible for stage decorations, props,
costumes, and other art designs.
________9. Oedipus Rex is written by Severino R. Reyes
________10. Carmen, Don Jose, El Dancairo and El Remendado are some
characters in the opera “Romeo and Juliet.”

What’s In

DIRECTION: Using the format of the table below, arrange the different duties and
responsibilities based on the classification of staff organization. Do this
in your Art notebook.

• Prepare script of the play

• Organize and designate casts to their respective roles
• Prepare, post and construct announcement and programs of the
performance.
• Prepare and secure light effects
• Make-up artists during the play
• Rehearse the performers
• Memorize the scripts
• Act their respective roles
• Design and arrange stage decoration, props, and costume
• Prepare and secure appropriate music and sound effects
• Perform on stage

Playwright/Director Production Technical Team Casting Team

Team

What’s New

Before you proceed in learning more about the Western Classical Plays/Opera
and Famous Filipino Playwrights and Directors, read and answer the questions below
in at least 2 sentences based on your point of view. Write your answers directly in your
activity notebook.

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Questions:

1. In planning a theater presentation, do you consider staff organization important?

Why or why not? __________________________________________________

2. Among the staff organizations, which team do you think your abilities/talents best
suit?

What is It

Different Western Classical Plays and Opera

A. Greek:
This time let us read an example of plays, Oedipus Rex, and Antigone.
Understand the stories because after you have read these, you will answer the
activities given in this module and choose one of them to perform in the culminating
activity. You are given enough time to read the story.

Sophocles-Playwright

Sophocles (sofəkliːz); c. 497/6 BC 406/5 BC) is an

ancient Greek tragedian. His contemporary playwrights were
Aeschylus, and Euripides. Sophocles wrote 123 plays, but only
seven have survived in a complete form:
• Ajax,
• Antigone,
• The Women of Trachis,
• Oedipus (Ee dih - pus) the King,
• Electra,
• Philoctetes and
• Oedipus at Colonus
(Woodard et al 2021)
For almost 50 years in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens that
took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia, Sophocles
was the most famous playwright. He won first place in 24 out of 30 competitions and
was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 14 competitions, and was
sometimes defeated by Sophocles, while Euripides won only 4 competitions. The most
famous tragedies of Sophocles were Oedipus and Antigone: they were known as the
Theban plays, although each play was actually a part of a different tetralogy.
Sophocles influenced the development of the drama, most importantly by adding a
third actor. And he developed his characters to a greater importance than the chorus
in the presentation of the plot.

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 Oedipus Rex (Ee-dih – pus Rex)
(Sophocles-Playwright)
Main Characters:
• Oedipus - the king of Thebes
• Creon - Oedipus brother-in-law
• Eurydice - Creon’s wife
• Apollo - god or oracle of Delphi
• King Laius - father of Oedipus
• Jocasta - mother of Oedipus
• Polynices and Eteocles – sons of Oedipus
• Tiresias - the blind prophet
• Polybus - Oedipus foster father
• Merope - Oedipus foster mother
• Antigone and Ismene – the daughters of Oedipus
• Haemon - Antigone’s lover
• Sphinx- the half-human half-lion that symbolizes plague and misfortune

Theatrical Elements:
• Genre: Tragedy
• Number of Characters per Play: 1 to 3 characters only, but they can portray
other characters.
• The Chorus: consists of twelve (12) members, all of whom wore identical
masks since they were supposed to be of like mind and opinion.
• Masks: The use of masks acts to advance the universality of the themes and
the dramatic impact of the events and to keep the audience from being
distracted by the actual, physical attributes of the actors.
• Oedipus: a gold mask with exaggerated deep empty eye sockets
• Jocasta: the wife of Laius, mother of Oedipus, the expression of her mask
depends on the scene of the play
• Antigone and Ismene: white face, dark under the eyes and sad looking
• Creon: brother in-law of Oedipus, mad or angry facial expression, with crown

Gestures and Movements: Facial expression was of no importance to Greek

actors, since they were always masked.

Music: Sophocles also used the Chorus at the beginning of the play to help tell the
audience the given circumstances of the play. Choruses did a lot of lamenting of
terrible events.

Costumes: Men wore loose floor length poncho with pleated shoulder while
Females wore draped robes.

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Staging: The Parthenon’s façade has the design of Ionic order columns with cornice
and moldings on the top, and elevated by 5 step-risers at the center; and has a
platform in front near the audience.

For more readings and viewing, research and browse on the internet the story of the
Oedipus Rex.

1. Sophocles Oedipus Rex http://youtu.be/ZZUCgq8LfhY

2. COMPLETE RARE FILM of Oedipus the King w/Christopher Plummer
http://youtu.be/mAgvdfyAiJw
3. Oedipus The King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS9KJ_bAJLE&feature=share&list=PL96E
9FB6082235976

Elements/Principles of the Greek Play:

B. Renaissance
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
(William Shakespeare)
Genre: Tragedy

William Shakespeare was born and baptized on April 26,

1564 and died on April 23, 1616. Shakespeare was born
and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18,
he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three
children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. He
was an English poet and playwright, widely known as the
greatest writer in the English language and the world's
pre-eminent dramatist. He’s been known also as the
(Bevington 2021)
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 • 38 plays,
• 154 sonnets,
• two long narrative poems

Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor,

writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later
known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age
49, where he died three years later. With the exception of Romeo and Juliet,
Shakespeare's most famous tragedy and one of the world's most enduring love
stories, William Shakespeare's early plays were mostly histories written in the early
1590s. Shakespeare also wrote several comedies during his early period:
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Merchant of Venice
• Much Ado About Nothing
• As You Like It and
• Twelfth Night
• Titus Andronicus
• The Comedy of Errors
• The Taming of the Shrew and
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Later Works: Tragedies and Tragicomedies

• Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello

Theatrical Elements:

(Romeo and Juliet Author Choice n.d.)

Staging for Romeo and Juliet:

The stage itself was divided into three levels:
• a main stage area with doors at the rear and a curtained area at the back for
"discovery scenes";
• an upper, canopied area called "heaven", for balcony scenes; and
• an area under the stage called "hell," which could be accessed through a trap
door in the stage.

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 There is no curtain in front of the stage, which meant that scenes had to flow into
each other, and "dead bodies" had to be dragged off. There are dressing rooms
located behind the stage.

The performances during the renaissance period took place during the day, and
the open plan theater allowed for the use of natural light. Since there could be no
dramatic lighting and there was art direction (scenery and props), audiences relied on
the actors' lines, dialogue, movements, and stage directions to tell the time of day and
year, same as the location, mood and weather.

But today, new media technology/gadgets like the laptop, computer, mixer,
sensitive microphones, fogs machine, loudspeakers and the like are available. These
new technologies are used in many performances, to make the play more realistic,
creative, and spectacular. Backdrops for every scene can be seen through the use of
computers. Props are created much more easily and are more colorful. There is a
greater impact and satisfaction not only to the audience but also to the performers in
using innovations in the plays.

Props:

Props in this play may vary depending on the scene/act the learners are going to
perform. Here are lists of props one may use for the play.

Dagger Drums
Shovel Champagne
Laundry Basket with Clothing Glasses/Champagne
Small Tree w/ Bulb Scarves(Shawls)
Garbage Champagne Glass
Montague Sword Fireworks/Poppers/Bubbles
Capulet Broadsword Handkerchief
Grocery Bags w Vendor Cart/Tray Basket/collecting device
Items for Cart/Tray Scarf
Women's Handbag Small Bouquet of Flowers
Broom, Sheet for Lovers to wrap themselves
Shovel in Vial of Potion
Garbage Can Invitation
Sheets, Party Invitation
Pillow for bed Torches/Lamps (Flashlights)
Mirror or Mirror Frame Banners

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Characters:

Montague’s Family: Capulet’s Family Other Characters:

Romeo — sole heir to Juliet — sole heir to the Friar Lawrence — friend
the Montague fortune Capulet fortune and advisor to Romeo
Lord Montague — Lord Capulet — Juliet’s and Juliet
Romeo’s father father Mercutio — Romeo’s
Lady Montague — Lady Capulet — Juliet’s best friend; Prince’s
Romeo’s mother mother kinsman
Benvolio — Romeo’s Tybalt — Juliet’s cousin Prince Escalus — Prince
cousin The Nurse — Juliet’s of Verona; kinsman to
Balthasar — Romeo’s faithful Nurse Mercutio and Paris
faithful servant Peter — Capulet servant Paris — Loves Juliet
Abraham — Montague Sampson — Capulet Rosaline — Romeo’s first
servant servant love who never actually
Gregory — Capulet appears in the play
servant Friar John — Friar
Lawrence’s friend
Apothecary — Romeo’s
acquaintance in Mantua

Costumes:

The costumes are based on the style and design of dresses worn during the
renaissance period.

(Finley n.d.)

C. Romantic Period

Georges Bizet
(Composer, Arranger)

Georges Bizet was born on October 25, 1838

in Paris, France and died on June 3, 1875 at
Bougival, France. Bizet was the only child of Adolphe
Armand Bizet (formerly a hairdresser and later
became a singer and composer) and Aimee Marie
Louise Leopoldine Josephine Delsarte, (a pianist).
They lived on the southern slopes of Montmartre,
(Cooper 2021)

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Paris. Georges Bizet was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is
best known for his opera Carmen.

Georges Bizet was registered with the legal name Alexandre-César Léopold
Bizet, but was baptized Georges Bizet, and he became known with this name. At the
age of ten he entered the Paris Conservatory of Music. Georges Bizet's first symphony
was the Symphony in C Major. It seems that Bizet completely forgot about it, until
1935, when in the archives of the Conservatory library the piece was discovered.
When it was first performed, it was immediately hailed as a junior masterwork and
became one of the great performances during the Romantic period. It was a delightful
work of a seventeen-year-old boy, Georges Bizet.

Some Stage Works:

• Carmen, opera (1875)
• L'Arlésienne, 'musique de scène' (1872)
• Djamileh, one-act opera (1872)
• Noé, opera by Fromental Halévy finished by Bizet (1869)
• Ivan IV, grand opera (unfinished)
• La jolie fille de Perth, opera (1867)
• Les pêcheurs de perles, opera (1863)

The Setting of Carmen:

The setting of Carmen takes place in Seville, Spain during the mid-19th century.

Main Characters of Carmen:

• Carmen (soprano)
• Don Jose (tenor)
• El Dancairo (baritone)
• El Remendado (tenor)
• Escamillo (baritone)
• Frasquita (mezzo-soprano)
• Mercedes (mezzo-soprano)
• Micaela (soprano) Morales
(bass)
• Zuniga (bass)
Carmen(Georges Bizet)
Brief History: (glennled 2011)

The opera Carmen is one of the world’s most popular operas. It was first
performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in France on March 3, 1875. The opera was
in four acts with music written by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto
written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy was based on a novel of the same title
by Prosper Mérimée.

Staging:
The story is set in Seville, Spain and the surrounding hills in 1820. The opera,
written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue
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 tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the
charms of the flaming Gypsy, Carmen. No man could resist Carmen’s charms, and
when she was ready to move on, watch out! The opera is a fascinating drama of love
and jealousy, filled with famously alluring melodies and captivating dancing. The story
has been the subject of many screen and stage adaptations.

Costumes:

(Cantoni et al 2013)

Music and Videos:

You may browse the internet and find the link written below. Listen and observe
carefully the music and movements of the opera. You may also look for another video
of Carmen in a different form of staging and performance.

Video Clips:
Carmen (Bizet) The Royal Opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsuP0uta7s&feature=share&list=RD02Gd0
FNpiBDyA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9iGv4sKNI&feature=share&list=RD02Gd
0FNpiBDyA

Famous Filipino Playwrights

Read the biography of the following Filipino theater artists, Francisco

Balagtas, Severino R. Reyes, Ricardo G. Abad and Salvador F. Bernal.

Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz

Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz was born on April 2,

1788 in Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan and died on February 20,
1862 of pneumonia. He was also known as Francisco
Baltazar. His best known work is the Florante at Laura.
Francisco Balagtas was the youngest of the four
children of Juan Balagtas, a blacksmith, and Juana de la Cruz.
He studied in a parochial school in Bigaa and later in Manila.
(Francisco Balagtas – The Best Filipino Poet! 2020) During his childhood years. Francisco worked
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as houseboy in Tondo, Manila. Balagtas learned to write poetry from José de la Cruz
(Huseng Sisiw), one of the most famous poets of Tondo. It was de la Cruz himself who
personally challenged Balagtas to improve his writing.
In 1835, Balagtas moved to Pandacan, where he met María Asunción Rivera,
who served as the muse for his future works. She is referenced in Florante at Laura
as 'Celia' and 'Mer'.
Balagtas' affections for Mer were challenged by the influential Mariano Capule.
Capule won the battle when he used his wealth to get Balagtas imprisoned under the
accusation that he ordered a servant girl's head to be shaved. It was in prison that he
wrote Florante at Laura so that the events of the poem were meant to parallel his own
situation.
Balagtas published Florante at Laura upon his release in 1838. He moved to
Balanga, Bataan in 1840 where he served as the assistant to the Justice of the peace
and later, in 1856, as the Major Lieutenant.
He died on February 20, 1862 at the age of 73. On his deathbed, he asked a
favor that none of his children become a poet like him, who had suffered under his gift.
He even told them it would be better to cut their hands off than let them be writers.
Balagtas is so greatly revered in the Philippines that the term for Filipino debate
in extemporaneous verse is named after him: Balagtasan and one of the greatest
literary awards in the Philippines is also named after him (Francisco Balagtas – The Best Filipino
Poet! 2020).

Severino R. Reyes

Severino R. Reyes (A playwright)

"Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela"

The son of Rufino Reyes and Andrea Rivera,

Reyes was born in Sta. Cruz, Manila on February 11,
1861. He studied at San Juan de Letran College and later
at the University of Sto. Tomas, where he studied
philosophy.
A Filipino writer, dramatist, and playwright, he was
highly acclaimed as one of the giants of Tagalog literature
In 1902, Reyes founded and directed the Grand
(Severino Reyes Biography n.d.) Compania de Zarzuela Tagala.
On June 14, 1902, the company staged his play
Walang Sugat (No Wounds), a drama set against the
historical events in Bulacan during the Philippine
revolution.
In 1923, Reyes co-founded the Liwayway, a
Tagalog literary weekly which published a series of fairy
tales titled ― Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang, written by
Reyes. The storyteller, Lola Basyang was based by the
author on a neighbor named Gervacia de Guzman.
Severino Reyes died on September 15, 1942,
when the Philippines was under the Japanese regime.
Severino Reyes' masterpiece, Walang Sugat broadly
(Reyes 2012) underscores the injustice of Spanish rule even as it dances
around the cruel fate of the young lovers Tenyong and Julia with humor and song. Set
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in the final leg of the Philippine Revolution, Tenyong is forced to leave behind his
childhood sweetheart Julia to join the Katipunan. Meanwhile, Julia's mother pressures
her into marrying the wealthy Miguel instead. With no word from Tenyong as the battle
prolongs, Julia gives in, but her wedding is interrupted by the fatally wounded
Tenyong. He mentions his dying wish to Julia, and the play features an "unexpected
twist" that shows how Tenyong was able to outwit the persons separating him from his
beloved Julia.
The production was directed by Ricardo Abad, under the musical direction of
Josefino Tolledo. Jonjon Villareal handled lights design while Dexter Santos
choreographed. Set, and costumes were designed by National Artist Salvador Bernal.

Famous Filipino Directors

Dr. Ricardo G. Abad

Dr. Ricardo G. Abad (A Director)

Born in Manila on August 10, 1946 of parents
from Cavite and Camiguin.
He Graduated at the Ateneo de Manila, after
which he obtained a Fulbright grant to finish a doctorate
in sociology at Fordham University in New York.
A Full-time Faculty, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology; Artistic Director, Tanghalang Ateneo
Metrobank Network of Outstanding Teachers
Pathways/ANI, Ateneo de Manila University Role
Players,
Theater for Life Social Weather Stations
(Philippine Social Science Council n.d.)
He has been involved as actor and director in over 120 productions while at the
same time doing sociological work as teacher, researcher, and editor.
He has also directed and acted for professional companies like Teatro Pilipino
and Tanghalang Pilipino of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the Metropolitan
Theater.
Theater Guild. Many of his theater productions were classics of western drama
but in terms of a Filipino and Asian sensibility, like Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Salvador F. Bernal

Salvador F. Bernal
(Father of Theater Design in the Philippines)
Born in 1945 to a family that ran a Terno shop. He
was the first to develop theater design as a profession
and elevate it to an art form. Studied at Ateneo de Manila
and at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA;
practiced and handled courses in the art and craft of
theater design.

(Bernal, National Artist for theater design; 66 2011)

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 Taught briefly at Ateneo de Manila and University of the Philippines. He had
designed more than 250 productions in ballet, theater and film. National Artist awardee

What’s More

DIRECTION: Match column A with column B. Choose your answer from column B
which corresponds to the different Western and Filipino Theater Artists
in Column A. Write only the letter of your answer in your activity
notebook.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. Sophocles A. Father of Theater design in the Philippines

2. William Shakespeare B. Director of Teatro Pilipino and the Metropolitan
Theater
3. Georges Bizet C. Father of Tagalog Zarzuela
4. Francisco Balagtas D. His best known work is the “Florante at Laura”
5. Severino R. Reyes E. He is best known for his opera “Carmen”
6. Dr. Ricardo G. Abad F. Greatest writer in the English language
7. Salvador F. Bernal G. Famous ancient Greek tragedian

What I Have Learned

Congratulations on completing this module. Before we proceed, what are your
thoughts about this lesson? Share your insights by completing the following
sentence prompts

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 What I Can Do

“Ikaw na ba si Mr. Playwright”

Use what you’ve learned about the Western Classical Plays/Opera and Famous
Filipino Playwrights and Directors. Imagine that you are the playwright and director
who is responsible to write a script, designate roles, rehearses the actors/actresses,
and initiate planning of a theater play.

Materials:
• Bond Papers
• Ballpen

Procedure:
1. You are challenged to write and direct a short theater play
2. Initiate planning. Make a working team to do the different duties and
responsibilities needed for the effective delivery of a theater play.
3. Write a short script and designate your actors and actresses to their respective
roles.
4. Create your own timetable
5. Use the template below. Write this on a sheet of bond paper.
mnN Name of the Playwright/Director:___________________________________
Title of the Play:________________________________

Staff organization: You can use the names of your classmates

Production Team Technical Team Casting Team

(designers, make-up artist) (Light and Sound effects) (Actors/Actresses)
1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.
Script of the Play: Write a short script of a play. Use the names of your casting
team as your characters
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Make a Timetable: Plan with your group on what to do on each day of
preparation. Make a schedule on your rehearsals and practices

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Actual Performance

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 Assessment

TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the
statement is incorrect. Do this in your activity notebook.
________1. Sophocles is an ancient Greek tragedian who wrote 123 plays but only 7
have survived in a complete form.
________2. William Shakespeare has been known as the “Bard of Avon” and wrote
the most famous tragedy and one of the world’s most enduring love story
“Romeo and Juliet”.
________3. The opera “Carmen” is one of the world’s most popular opera and was
written by William Shakespeare
________4. Balagtas is so greatly revered in the Philippines that the term for Filipino
debate in extemporaneous verse is named after him: Balagtasan and one of
the greatest literary awards in the Philippines is also named after him.
________5. Severino R. Reyes is a French writer, dramatist, and playwright; he was
highly acclaimed as one of the giants of Tagalog literature.
________6. Lights and Music are elements that gives special effects to a play.
Dynamics and intensity of these elements’ express mood, time, or weather of
a certain scene.
________7. Playwrights are the ones who act on stage with their respective roles.
________8. Production Team are responsible for stage decorations, props,
costumes, and other art designs.
________9. Oedipus Rex is written by Severino R. Reyes.
________10. Carmen, Don Jose, El Dancairo and El Remendado are some
characters in the opera “Romeo and Juliet.”

Additional Activities

THIS TASK IS OPTIONAL

Video Clips:

Try to watch the different theater plays and movies of Romeo and Juliet and
Carmen and try to reflect on the art of the presentation.

Carmen (Bizet) The Royal Opera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsuP0uta7s&feature=share&list=RD02Gd0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9iGv4sKNI&feature=share&list=RD02Gd
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PRE-ASSESSMENT
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. TRUE
9. FALSE
10. FALSE
ASSESSMENT
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. TRUE
9. FALSE
10. FALSE
WHAT’S MORE
1.G
2. F
3.E
4.D
5.C
6.B
7.A
WHAT’S IN
Playwright/Director:Prepare script of the play
Organized and
designate casts to their
respective roles
Rehearses the
performers
Production Team: Prepare, post and
construct announcement and programs of
the
performance.
Make-up artists
during the play
Design and arrange
stage decoration, props, and costume
Technical Team: Prepare and secure light
effects
Prepare and
secure appropriate music and
sound effects
Casting Team: Memorize the scripts
Act their respective
roles
Perform on stage
Answer Key
References
Print:

Badiola,M.G.,Vecino,M.A.,Duyan,D.Bongcawil,A.M.,Mendoza,J.,Bustillo,G.J. Pambuan, A.S., and Siobal.l..A

Journey through wesyern Music and Arts- Grade 9 Learner’s Material. Sunshine Interlinks
Publishing House, Inc. Department of Education. 2014.

Online:

Bevington, D. , Brown, . John Russell and Spencer, . Terence John Bew. "William Shakespeare." Encyclopedia
Britannica, December 17, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare.

Finley, Amy. n.d. Love to Know. Accessed January 10, 2022.

https://costumes.lovetoknow.com/Romeo_and_Juliet_Costumes.

Glennled. 2011. Glenn’s Trumpet Notes. November 1. Accessed January 10, 2022.
https://glennstrumpetnotes.com/2011/11/01/my-trumpet-student-stars-in-bizets-carmen-at-seattle-
opera/.

Reyes, Nato. 2012. "Rebyu: “Walang Sugat”, pero malalim ang tama." Like a Rolling Stone. September 14.
Accessed January 10, 2022. https://natoreyes.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/rebyu-walang-sugat-pero-
malalim-ang-tama/.

Woodard, T. M. and Taplin, . Oliver. "Sophocles." Encyclopedia Britannica, January 29, 2021.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sophocles.

n.d. Philippine Social Science Council. Accessed January 10, 2022. https://pssc.org.ph/scientists/ricardo-abad/.

n.d. Romeo and Juliet Author Choice. Accessed January 10, 2022.
https://romeoandjulietauthorchoice.weebly.com/the-scene-setting-page.html.

n.d. "Severino Reyes Biography." Your Dictionary. Accessed January 10, 2022.
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/severino-reyes-biography.html.

2020. "Francisco Balagtas – The Best Filipino Poet!" Bulakenyon.ph. April 2. Accessed January 10, 2022.
https://www.bulakenyo.ph/francisco-balagtas-the-ultimate-filipino-poet/.

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