The Brechtian demonstrations of Tanghalang Pilipino's Madonna Brava

Date of Publication

2010

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts in Literature

Subject Categories

Comparative Literature

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Literature

Thesis Adviser

Lua, Shirley O.

Defense Panel Chair

Marjorie Pernia Evasco

Defense Panel Member

Ma. Teresa H. Wright

Abstract/Summary

This study revolves around the Philippine rendition of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children entitled Madonna Brava ng Mindanao, written by Don Pagusara and directed by Nestor Horfilla. In this thesis, I examine how Madonna Brava is Filipinianized as well as how the play adheres to Brechtian principles that aim to alienate and educate its audience. First of all, I study how Mother Courage is transformed into Madonna Brava. Secondly, by examining the portrayals of actors and actresses, their dialogues, songs and gestures as well as the scenes, I study how the play instructs. Lastly, I analyze theatrical devices that the playwright and, particularly, the director, employs in staging the play that produces the alienation effects that should stimulate the dialectic processes in the minds of its audience.

The theatre turns into a lecture hall. The play reveals arguments that challenge the audience. It presents its position regarding the war as it also teaches about life, morality and politics that arouse the audience's capacity for action. But none of these are conveyed overtly in the play. Indeed, to arrive at the meanings require intellectual--and not emotional--involvement.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU15521

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

ii, 99 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Play

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