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QUARTER 2 DRAMA
Module 4
In this part of the module, you are to demonstrate understanding of the essence
of Philippine drama and how it enhances our cultural heritage, literariness, and stage
presentation skills.
You will also answer a diagnostic test to find out if you are familiar with any
concepts related to Philippine drama and to check your readiness and competence on the
prerequisite skills to the tasks at hand.
At the end of this module, you are expected to perform a drama presentation of an
excerpt which will be graded based on criteria presented at the latter part of the module.
As you do the following tasks, you will be guided by the essential question “Why
does the learner study Philippine drama?‖
I can sense the excitement in you, but first let us examine if you
have prior knowledge on the topics contained in this module. Are you
ready for the test? You are indeed!
Below are questions you have to answer. Each question represent a concept or idea
which is about to be discussed in this module. Don‘t leave any unanswered item!
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1. It is a set of rules which both the audience and actors are familiar with and which act
as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action or of a character.
A. Convention B. Elements C. Genre D. Satire
4. A style that uses sense perception to describe an object, an idea, a feeling etc.
A. Imagery B. Metaphor C. Satire D. Symbolism
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10. The red shirt as it appeals to the sense of sight is called_________.
A. symbolism B. imagery C. satire D. metaphor
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This test will not be recorded. Your score in this test will be compared with the test
that you are to take at the end of this module.
In this way, we can be assured that you have learned something from this module.
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Activity 4: Picto-question
Which of the following is the most relevant question about drama appreciation?
Encircle the icon of your best answer.
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Why study drama? How is drama filmed? Is there such a non voice drama?
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Let‘s explore further and answer this question in the activity that follows:
Now it‘s time to examine what comes in your mind if the question is posted for you to
answer. Answer the question below using the diagram.
Tentative answer 1:
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Tentative answer 2:
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Tentative answer 3:
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Processing Points:
What are your expectations in this topic? Are you curious to know what output is
expected of you to accomplish at the end of this topic?
Trace the correct route in the maze below to connect the clue to the expected
performance.
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Are you a good actor? director? or props man? We‘ll see about that at the end of this
module! You will receive instructions from your teacher on how to go about the schedule of
practice together with the other cast.
Are you enjoying the activities so far? Are you excited to learn more?
I am so glad to hear that! But before we go further, let me remind you to bear in
mind the ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Bear in mind that this question will be your guide in FIRMING UP your
understanding of Philippine drama.
Think of all your tentative answers to this question and have them validated as
you go on with the next phase.
Good luck!
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FIRM UP Your Understanding
This part of the module will enable you to illustrate or crystallize your knowledge
of strong link among drama features, elements, and conventions which are needed in
performing a drama presentation.
This also highlights grammar lessons on the use of adjectives that enrich
characterization, plot description, and imagery.
You may have all these things contained in the varied activities you are to
accomplish. You will be engaged in meaningful and challenging activities that will enrich
what you
Lesson haveamong
1: Link learned.the Features, Elements and Conventions of Drama
Let‘s
Activity 9: startfor
Word theWord
discussion!
Here are words extracted from the play. Do you know what these words mean?
Try filling out the diagram below:
engage humiliate
civilized ruin
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Scene 1:
Mrs. M: Visitors, always visitors, nothing but visitors all day long. I‟m beginning to feel like a
society matron.
Tony: Oh, no, no.. You look just wonderful. Aling Atang for a moment, I thought you were
Kikay.
Mrs. M: Oh, you are so palikero as ever, Tony. But come in. Here, sit down. How is your
mother?
Tony: Poor mother. She is homesick for Tondo. She wants to come back here at once.
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Tony: Only 3 months..
Mrs. M: Only 3 months!!! It's too long for a Tondo native to be away from Tondo. My poor
kumara. She must be bored out there.
Tony: Well, you know, we engineers are always on call. But as soon as I finish the bridge in
Bulacan, we‟ll be going here in Tondo.
Mrs. M: Yes, must bring her back as soon as possible. We miss her when we play mahjong..
Mrs. M: I understand. Once a Tondo girl always a Tondo girl. I wonder if that‟s fit my Kikay
because after a year in America , she says she‟s not homesick at all..
Mrs. M: That girl only arrived last Monday and look what happened to me! She dragged me to
the parlor. My hair was cut, eyebrows shaved, nails manicured. And when I‟m going to the
market, I used lipstick! All my kumara are laughing. People think I‟m a loose woman. Because
of my age, but I can‟t do anything because it's hard to argue with Kikay. And she insists that I
should look like an Americana ..
Mrs. M: Who?
Mrs. M: She says, in New York , people don‟t wake up until 12:00 noon.
Mrs. M: Besides, she's busy. Since she came home. Welcome parties here and there. Visitors all
day long. She's spinning like a top.
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Tony: Well, will you tell her I called to welcome her. And kindly give her these flowers.
Tony: I did want to see Kikay. But if she doesn‟t get up at 12 noon
Tony: Please don‟t bother Aling Atang. I can come back some other time.
Mrs. M: Wait right here. She‟ll simply be delighted to see her childhood friend. The flowers are
beautiful, how expensive they must be.
Mrs. M: Kikay says that it's more civilized to call me Mrs. Mendoza.
Tony: Huh!!
Tony: Francisca?
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Tony: But why Francesca?
Mrs. M: Because in New York , she says that‟s the way they pronounce he name, it sounds like
“chi-chi” so Italian, be sure to call her Francesca and not Kikay.
Mrs. M: Now, wait right here while I call Francesca…. AIE DIOSMIO!!!
Scene 2:
Totoy: Tony!
Tony: Totoy!
Tony: You ask me that… and you look like a walking goldmine! How many depots have you
been looting, huh!!??
Totoy: Hey hey!! More slowly there.. It is you the police are looking for.
Totoy: Tony. I‟ve been hearing the most frightful things about that girl.
Tony: So have I.
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Tony: No, she has only gone New York .
Totoy: Fran-CeS-ca??
Totoy: Don‟t make me laugh! Why I knew that girl when she‟s still selling rice cakes.. Puto kayo
dyan!! Bili na kayo ng puto mga suki!!
Scene 3:
Nena: And Tony, too.. What‟s all this? A Canto Boy Reunion ?
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Mrs. M: No, she‟s awake already. She's dressing. Good morning Nena and Totoy.
Mrs. M: Well, Totoy? Nena? Why are you staring me like that?
Nena: How you used to pinch and pinch me Aling Atang, when I was a li‟l girl.
Mrs. M: Because you were all naughty, especially you! Always sneaking into our backyard for
mangoes
Nena: Aling Atang, don‟t you prepare anything for us. We‟re not visitors
Mrs. M: It's only orange juice. I was preparing some for Kikay.
Tony: Use your head. Nena it's not easy breaking off his engagement with Kikay or with the girl
for God sake!!
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Nena: Yes, and with Kikay. Too!
Tony: That was a year ago! Nena, you know how much I love you.
Nena: How could you ask me if you‟re still engage with Kikay!
Nena: Honest? Making me fall for you when you‟re inlove and engaged with Kikay!
Tony: I thought I didn‟t belong to Kikay anymore. It's only a secret engagement anyway. I
proposed to her before she left for America . But when she stopped answering my letters, I
considered myself a freeman again.
Tony: Yes..
Tony: Just give me a chance to explain to Kikay. Then we‟ll tell them.
Tony: Because you‟re here and also Totoy. I don‟t wanna jilt Kikay infront of everybody.
Tony: No.. just give me a chance to be alone with Kikay for a moment..
Scene 4:
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Totoy: Puto kayo dyan.. Bili na kayo..
Mrs. M: Here comes Kikay, But she wants to call her Francesca.
Kikay: Oh hello darling people!! Nena my dear…… But how but you‟ve become.. and Tony, my
little pal… how are you? And Totoy… my raishing! You look goodness,, you look like a Tondo
Super Production in Technicolor!! But sit-down everybody and let me look at you.. Oh mumsy!!!
Kikay: How many times I must tell you, never to serve fruit juices in water glasses?
Kikay: Oh, poor li‟l mumsy.. she is so clumsy noh? But never mind, don‟t break your heart about
it. Here sit down.
Kikay: Oh, don‟t forget my celery. I can‟t live without it. I‟ like a rabbit, munch all day.
Mrs. M: Well, if you people will excuse me. Tony, remember me to your mother.
Kikay: And remember, a little bloom on the lips, a little bloom on the cheeks. Say mwah, mwah..
Mrs. M: Do I have to paint this old face of mine? Francesca, what am I going to do with you?
Kikay: But how dreadfully you put it. Oh mumsy, what am I going to do with you?
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Kikay: Yes, I feel as if I was still there, as though I had never left it, as though I lived there all
my life. But I look around me and I realized that no, no, I‟m not there. I‟m not in New York , I‟m
at home. But which is home for me, this cannot be home because here, my heart aches with
homesickness..
Totoy: Oh, the backyards of Tondo, the barong barongs of Mypaho, the streets of Sibakong..
Scene 5:
Kikay: Apparently, out Totoy still has a most terrific crush on Nena. Do wake up, Tony. What
are you looking so miserable about?
Tony: Forget??
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Kikay: That‟s the New York way, Tony. Forget, nothing must ever too serious; nothing must
drag on too long. Tonight, give all your heart, tomorrow, forget. And when you meet again,
smile, shake hands… just good sports..
Tony: When?
Kikay: When you and I got engaged. I‟ve changed so much since then, Tony.
Kikay: To me, it seems a century. So much had happened to me. More can happen to you in just
one year in New York .
Tony: Listen, I don‟t want to talk about New York … I want to talk about our engagement.
Kikay: Tony, you got engaged to a girl named Kikay. Well, that girl doesn‟t exist anymore. She's
dead. The person you see before you is Francesca. Don‟t you see, Tony, I‟m a stranger to you. I
hate to hurt you, but surely you see that there can be no more talk of an engagement between us.
Imagine, a New York Girl, marrying a Tondo Boy!!! It's so insane!!
Kikay: Hush! Tony! Hush! Don‟t shout, don‟t lose your temper. It's so uncivilized. People in
New York don‟t lose their temper.
Tony: What do you want me to do? Smile, say thank you for slapping my face?
Kikay: Yes, Tony. Be a sport, let‟s smile and shake hands, and be just friends, huh?
Scene 6:
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Totoy: Hold it Tony. You must never, never hit a woman.
Kikay: We were not quarrelling. Tony and I just decided to be good friends and nothing more
Tony: Yes!
Kikay: Engaged!!
Tony: I did try to tell you Kikay, I was trying to tell you…
Nena: Well, he's not engaged to you anymore, you just said it yourself.
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Tony: Now remember, Kikay… it's so uncivilized to lose one‟s temper, People in New York
don‟t lose their temper.
Kikay: I‟ve never felt so humiliated in all my life!! You beast, I‟ll teach you!!
Kikay: And I tell you he's not!! He's engaged to me until I release him… and I haven‟t release
him yet.
Nena: You ought to be ashamed of yourself! You‟re just being a dog in the manger!
Kikay: You keep out of this or I‟ll knock your head off!
Nena: Are you trying to defend her? You never defended me!
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Nena: He‟s more of a gentleman than you are. He defends me!
Tony: Hey!
Totoy: Don‟t you speak to me either! You have insulted the woman I love!
Tony: Congratulations!!!
Scene 7:
Kikay: Don‟t you come near me, you,,, you Canto Boy..
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Tony: Don‟t worry, I wouldn‟t touch you with my ten foot pole.
Tony: Just one year in New York and you forgot your old friends.
Kikay: Just one year that I‟m in New York … and what did you do? But when we got engaged,
you swore to be true, you promised to wait for me. And I believe you!! Oh, you‟re a fickle,
fickle..
Tony: What are you crying about? Be brave…..forget….. That‟s the New York way.. Nothing
must ever be too serious, nothing must ever drag on too long..
Tony: Besides, there could be no more talk of an engagement between us. Imagine a New York
Girl, marrying a Tondo boy!!
Tony: Well, I‟m not! I‟m glad I found out what kind of a person you are!
Kikay: Oh Tony, you‟re wrong, you‟re wrong! I‟m not that kind of person at all..
Kikay: Yes Tony, that was Francesca saying all that. But Francesca exist no more, Tony, the girl
standing before you now, is Kikay.
Tony: If I remember it right, I was right, I was engaged to a girl named Kikay.
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Tony: Like it in New York ?
Mrs. M: Frances ……. Oh, Tony, are you still here? Francesca, don‟t be angry but I couldn‟t find
any celery..
Mrs. M: Hate celery? Why? You said, you couldn‟t live without it!
Tony: That was Francesca. Aling Atang and Francesca is dead. The girl standing before you is
Kikay!
Kikay: That tune! What memories it brings back! I first heard it in New York , at Eddie
Candon‟s..
Tony: uh-uh..
Kikay: Sorry darling. May I have this dance with you partner?
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Activity 10: Understanding the Text
New Yorker in Tondo is a classic satirical play in one-act, written by Marcelino Agana
Jr. in 1958. First staged by the Far Eastern University (FEU) Drama Guild at the FEU, Manila.
This is one of the more popular Filipino comedies that have been produced many times through
the years.
This play in Tagalog is about Kikay who is a balikbayan or a newly arrived from New
York. The girl acquires the style, manner, and culture of New York and thus forgets her roots
and one true love in Tondo. It also tells how she gets back to being the Kikay of Tondo that her
friends and love ones knew.
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6. How did Kikay feel when she realized she lost her friends because of the
changes in her attitude?
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7. If you were Kikay, would you change your attitude? Why or why not?
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8. What form of drama is ―New Yorker in Tondo‖? Explain your answer.
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Based from the four plays we have discussed, can you point out the fuse
between and among their conventions, elements and feature? Complete the chart
below:
Setting
Conflict
Dialog
Plot
Processing points:
Based from the similarities you have noticed, what generalization can you make
about Philippine drama‘s convention, elements and features?
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Does the link/connection reveal a certain identity about Filipino culture? Explain
your answer and provide evidence.
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1.Beauty is a form of
wealth.
2.Loving means taking a
risk.
3. Rich women are difficult
to please.
4. Fathers are very
protective of their
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Activity 13: Love Similes
Simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two objects or concepts using
the words ―like‖ or ―as‖. For instance, your smile is as sweet as honey.
Simile 1:
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Illuminate for a while. Prove whether “New Yorker in Tondo” is real or imaginary.
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Processing point:
What is the implication of the material, being real or imaginary, to the over-
all performance of the play?
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Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the
sentence. Examples:
Degrees of Adjectives
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Activity 15: Adjective Association
Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch
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Activity 17: Enhancing Descriptions
View the video clip of a stage drama below:
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19jg6JsF7Eg
theater costumes
props
lighting
scenic elements
the sound
Formulate the do‘s and don‘ts of the aspect you have chosen.
Processing points:
What UNDERSTANDING can you draw out of the activities you have
accomplished, the learning you have gained and the realities about life
represented by drama you have read?
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That‘s fantastic!
That‘s impressive! You have completed the FIRM UP phase! I‘m sure the next
phase will be a lot more fun and exciting!
In this phase, you are provided with thought-provoking questions that will make
you reflect, revisit, rethink, and revise your earlier assumptions about Philippine drama.
You are also expected to deal with authentic situations to highlight the grammar
structure of the dramatic texts discussed herein. The differentiated instruction will
address your uniqueness, strengths and weaknesses and will reinforce what you have
learned.
At the end of the phase, you will be engaged in meaningful self –evaluation of
learning through a short summative test.
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Are you ready to deepen your understanding further? What are you waiting for?
Start at once!
Always bear the ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING in mind as you answer the
succeeding activities. Good luck!
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Assume the role of being the set designer for the production of a drama you wish
to perform.
Design and draw the set for each scene. Details not appearing in the sketch must
be plotted on a checklist.
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Theme
The introductory scene must include the description of the setting, and the
introduction of the characters.
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What similarities between your life and the characters in all the plays we have
discussed have you discovered? How did you feel about it?
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What realities about life have you realized from these plays?
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Do you see the value of studying Philippine drama? Why do we study Philippine
drama?
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SUMMATIVE TEST
RIZAL: Mother, it is not given to everybody to tell the truth and be heard. I have done
my duty. I owe it to you. Mother, so don‘t grieve.
MOTHER: How powerless a mother is! She conceives a child and he grows up to
proportions she cannot comprehend. Then he goes away, and her voice and her arms
are too frail to hold him back. Let me kiss you my son. I have lost you.
RIZAL: You have not lost me, mother. We shall be together for always – in the hearts
of the people.
MOTHER: I only know a mother‘s loss, my child. There is a big and gasping
emptiness in my heart, which I shall carry to my grave. Goodbye my son, may God be
with you. (Her steps are reluctant and faltering. It is a very old woman that goes out of the cell. RIZAL
stands unmoving where the MOTHER has left him as the light slowly dims.)
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7. Which of the following is in charge of giving instructions to actors and other staff
about how the play will run?
A. Props men B. lights men C. director D. supporting actor
8-10 Which of the following are creative skills needed in a play presentation?
A. Sequence
B. Direction
C. Gestures
D. Facial expression
E. Masks and other props
F. Lighting dynamics
Processing points:
This part of the module will allow you to make independent applications of the
various processes (scene extension, script modification, simulation activities) you have
learned. This will enable you to do independent performance or project using varied
and complex assessment procedures and most importantly, see the connections
between tasks in this module and the real world.
You will need the guidance of your teacher in performing this activity. This is
because you will need to work with a technical and human resources for your
performance.
You can be (1) required to practice with a group or (2) choose a character you
will assume, master/memorize his/her lines or (3) part of a technical/production staff and
just be present during the actual performance.
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G - Your GOAL is to apply the principles, conventions, elements and features of a
drama presentation in your performance.
S - The SITUATION is that the classroom is transformed into a theater house and
you are to present a stage play.
Prepare an assessment of the drama performance of the other group you have
watched.
Single out the best part of the presentation and the parts which need to be
improved.
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Resources: Books, Internet, Multimedia materials, Computer, DVD, CD, Graphic
Organizer, pictures, drawings, art materials, film clips,
e-journals, Philippine Drama books
Acknowledgement:
1. Dr. Nilda Sunga for the indicators used to evaluate an essential question which
appeared in activity 5 of explore phase.
2. Mr. Larry T. Diaz for providing the graphics/visuals in this module.
3. Mr. Mark Troy Reyes for technical assistance.
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