The Philippines of Rizal times SCENE 1

Narration: During the time of Rizal, the sinister shadows of spain decadence darkened Philippines skies.
The Filipino people agonized beneath the yolk of Spanish misrule for they were unfortunate victims of
the evils of an unjust bigoted & deteriorating colonial power.

Setting: Soldiers (Spanish) marching with rifles in a platoon formation.

A: tu perra! Mas rapido. Do it faster! faster!

B: (cries yelps) we want our land back! You cruel people took away our freedom.

A: Corsobaruntanti!

C: ella dijo que quiere nuestra tierra de vuelta

(clashing of swords, crying, shouting)

D: (Spanish jurist) I’ll be heading to Madrid

E: With whom?

D: With my family. I’ve decided to go back as really as I can

E: On what route are you taking then?

D: I’m taking the longer one via cape of good hope.

-6 months after-

(about to enter the jurist room) but stopped by a guard

Guard: Detemer! Where are you heading to? (Spanish accent)

D: que quieres decir? I’m a magistrate here, remember?

F: I’m soryy sir! But you are no longer, an order of the Royal Audencia

D: What? What? How did this happen?*grunts*

F: Senior Garcia is in replacement of your absence as well as your position senior. I’m sorry.

D: Kintil bamu! I shouldn’t here gone for long. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

Narration: the frequent change of colonial official hampered the political * economic development of
the Philippines.

(Rally)

People: Restore the Philippines representation! Give them back! Give them back! Restore!

G: Please…pls help us restore the Philippine representation in Cortes

K: Help us! Help us1 poor motherland, poor Philippines, help us!..(cry)

People: We want representation in the legislative chamber so that our aspirations maybe known to the
mother country & to the government

People: oh please.. please..

(strict voice)

L: they are not worthy of our help! Phew! Let them suffer

M: They sure are nut! Useless representations1 Useless people! Let’s go

(Marching background and crying)

Narration: Until the end, the Spanish representation was never restored.

NO EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW

(Teaching) N: We are the Spanish missionaries! Brothers and sisters, we are all equal in the eyes of God.
We have one God. Love one another.

(People) O: Amen! Amen!

(transition) P: But, why is this happening? Our land is still raging? We Filipinos suffer a lot, we are being
brutalized & work to death, meanwhile the whites living their lives w/ less punishments. How could a
child of God turn his back on his brothers & sisters! How could they?

(transition) Q: Senior! Listen to us, why can’t we work together? Why can’t we unite?

Spanish: ‘cos we cant’t accept filthy browned skinned people.

Q: We are brothers and sisters, brown or white. We are all the children of God.

Spaniards: You belong to your own blood; consider them your brothers and sisters.

Narration: The Spanish penal code which was enforced in the Phil. Imposed heavier penalties on native
Filipinos & lighter penalties on white. By that, it signifies that every person not born white is in fact a
latent criminal. In short, brown Filipinos & white Spaniards maybe equal before God but not the law &
certainly not in practice.

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Spanish: Tonta! You Filipinos aren’t worthy. You’re totally different from us, you deserve to be chained
& treated maliciously.

R: Ioloca! You brown people are undeserving of the rights 8 priveleges that we enjoyed.

S: Tonta! Tonta! Flat nose, small skull, no brain at all.(laugh)

Filipino: Don’t listen to them, they may belittling us but as Filipinos we are equally made in the image of
God.

Narration: Racial prejudice were preavalent everywhere in gov’t offices, in the court of justice, in the
armed forces, in the social circles & even in the educational institutions & the ecclesiastical hierarchy.

FORCED LABOR(CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND)

Filipino workers: Hay!(tired) why is it always like this? I am very tired.

Spaniard soldier: Why are you sitting like that? You’re supposed to work

: I am the boss here, you follow my order. Go back! Rapido! Rapido!

(transition)

Wives: We are paying taxes, then they’re not allowing our husbands to come home? How unjustice they
could be!

Wife 2: And my husband didn’t receive the exact pay. Poor Him!

(transition)

Upper official: I order you white soldiers to command the browned people dig ditches, build more
churches & construct new roads. All of the dirty joins you could think of.

Soldiers: Si senor

Narration: By that the Spanish flag per chanmce the flag of the Filipino slaves.