The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
ASUppRESSED FILIPINO PLAY.
TO-DAY AND 70.
MORROW" EMITTED MANILA.
its Author Was sen, To .ian for T~W Years
1T Relates tue struggles NJ the Taxn.
logs for Liberty - The Theatre Crowded
At Its prrfOrniances--Nketcb OF Plot.


Al Its Prrforn,ances-->kei OF Plot.
Henry Swift, chaplain Of the Eighteenth
United States Infantry, now in the Philip
pines, has sent TO friend in this country
an account of a play, which when 1t was
produced was the cause OF excitement III
Manila He thinks that IL illustrates the
sentiment prevailing among the lagaioes'
Night after night the theatre where IL was
performed was crowded and the spectators
were stirred almost to the frenzy point.
The play was finally suppressed and the
author tried and sentenced 10 two years
imprisonmt n.
The opening scene Of Yesterday. To-day
and To- morrow" as the play is called, repre-
sents small town outside OF Manila at the
time Of the Chinese rezime OF the Boy hlng.
The inhabitants Of the town under the
leadership of Asdlhdyop or tho Bedsely One.
a native who is friendly to the usurplng
pow err are drinking and feasang
Tug0ioo the hero, and his mother. Indne"
buydn, the Filipino Columbia or Britannia,
enter and rebuke the people Tor merry
making while their country lies PROSTATE
at the ieet of the invader.
A back drop curtain ia raised, disclosing
the tombs of Tagalog soldiers. Indng-
bdyun accuses the jewellers OF dishonorins
their noble dead, but. led on by the Bensly
One. they receive her rebukes with jeers.
In the s.Vond act Tdodioo leads the people
on the stage and urge, them To recover their
liberty thus.
Tagoioo -WoulI We recover from the enemy
this fair land which they usurped from our
fathers
Tlgalo0 Then come let Us arm ourselves.
Tie Bedstiu One overhears the plot and
reveals il to the Chinese leaders. They
reward him with money and give him
bronze badge, which Is to serve as counter
sign and saie1 !ard.
But Indngbdy1n is witness Of his treach-
cry. and in tie next scene, when he pre-
tends to enter into the plans OF TdgdlOg,
the telltae badge and money are found.
Tagdiog, despite the cries OF mercy from
the people. condemns the Bedsty One TO be
burned alive,
A pyre is lit in full sight Of the audience
and dummy figure OF the Bedstly One
cast upon the fire.
-Tagalog people" the hero saws, as the
figure burns, do you see how this body is
licked bv flames? Whosoever does as he
did shall meet a like fate. swear it.
In a battle that follows on the stage
the Chinese are ingloliously beaten and
the boy king killed
S oIty after this a Spanish army, led
by Dahumpdidy and Espdnd enter. They
promise the people liberty and covenant
is made between the leaders, each drink
ing tie others blood. But the Spaniards
soon break faitN.
Alas" aments TagaIog 1T is our lot
10 weep both mig and day, We give them
all We have and in return get only death
DGhumpdiog eh'e.-.
-Tngalog,' he demands, where is your
tribute TO { g kng'
Tdg1iog draws forth a cotn and casts II
contemptuouslv at the feet Of Dlhumpdidy.
He is put in chains and sentenced to death.
TIE people. led by Indngtoynn, enter and
plead for TdgdOg
Datum pllny demands their money, then
their iewels, their clothes, and finally even
TIE shoes from their feet. Tie people
strip themselves, and having received
assurance that Tdoalog will be released
pass out.
Duhunpdidv intends to release Taadlog.
and then have rim rearrested and put to
death But when ne starts to unbind
Tdgalop, the latter turns upon him and
eavs him.
Here a dummy figure is substituted
| for Duhumpoidy. The hero changes clothes
with the dead man and then. As a matter OF
precaution, burns his late rivals face be-
yond any chance OF recognition. Then
lie saws.
The traitor is dead. A. killed the Beastly
| One 40 now have | kllei Ddhum pGldy. and
30 will destroy every traitor that crosses
INV path will drown them in the waves OF
my indignation. ] Will burn them IN the