Philippine Drama

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Philippine dramacan be classified into different forms and genres, with the most popular being theteleseryeandteledrama. The teleserye/teledrama is a television form of melodramatic serialized fiction. It is rooted from two words: "tele", which is short for "television," and "serye", aTagalogterm for "series" and "drama" for drama. Teleserye is now used as the generic term for most Filipinosoap operason television, although the term officially came into existence in 2000 when Philippine networkABS-CBN aired its first official form of teleserye, 9/20/12

Soap Opera
Asoap

opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing,episodework of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming.

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Telenovela
Philippine

telenovelas emerged into Philippine television in the 1960s. The first Filipino TV soap opera produced wasHiwaga sa Bahay na BatobyABS-CBN. The format of Philippine telenovelas is almost the same as Spanish telenovelas, as they have borrowed many elements.

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Example of Philippine Drama

Moro-moro

and Zarzuela
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One folk form is the moro-morowhich has flourished since 1650. It is believed that themoro-morois an offshoot of a chivalric-heroic poem called theawitand a legendary religious poem called thecorridothat had swept the country as early as 1610 up to the beginning of the twentieth century. Very reminiscent 9/20/12

Moro-moro(Comedia) is a play that became popular in thePhilippinesduring the Spanish colonial period. It depicted battles between Christians and Moros-as Muslims in the Philippines are popularly known-with the Moros as the perpetual villains who always lost to the Christians in the end. The earliest known form of organized theatre is the comedia, or moro-moro, created by spanish priests. In 1637 a play has written to dramatize the recent capture by a Christian Filipino Army of an Islamic stronghold. It was so popular that other plays were written and stage as folk dramas in Christianized village.

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Zarzuela,

also calledsarswelain the Philippines, is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken 9/20/12

Thezarzuela(also known aszarzuelta) is also a genre and integral part ofFilipino music. It was brought during the period of Spanish colonization by the settlers and friars, and quickly spread to the natives, who adapted it to their tastes. Zarzuela(Spanish pronunciation:[arwela]) is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporatingoperatic and popular song, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is not totally certain but some propose it may derive from the name of a Royal hunting lodge, the Palacio de la Zarzuelanear Madrid, where, allegedly, this type of entertainment was first presented to the court.[1] The palace was named after the place called "La Zarzuela" because of the profusion of brambles (zarzas) which grew there and so the festivities held within the walls became known as Zarzuelas.
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