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"A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino" to be staged, Jan 16 -Feb 8
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Performances are scheduled every Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:30 pm.
Repertory Philippines' 2009 theater season begins with a gem of an offering. The company has chosen to present Nick Joaquin's A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, which can be considered a timeless classic of contemporary Philippine theatre.
Set in pre-war Manila, it tells of two spinster sisters who continue to reside in their ancestral home with their aging artist father, in spite of conflicts that arise amongst family members to abandon the old house. The complexities of human frailties are brought to light as characters interact with one another in a tightly woven interplay of emotions.
The production brings together a confluence of momentous actors to flesh out this dearly-loved work that was first staged in early 1955 by the Barangay Theatre Guild (BTG), in the open-air theatre among the ruins of Intramuros. It was Daisy Avellana who first read the play in 1952 in the Weekly Women's Magazine, and forthwith got Joaquin's permission to present it on radio for the first time.
BTG later adapted it for the stage and it ran fo