The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-29

PLAY RAIDED
SAID TO BE KEEPING ALIVE THE
EVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT AMONG
THE FILIPINOS.


"Hindi AGO Patay" is the name of a
Filipino play. Translated into the king S
| English, it means Il Am Not Dead"
and from the manner in which it has
been received recently in Manila play
houses patronized by all classes of FL
lipinos it would seem that there is a
general impression among the natives
who compose the audience that the in
surrection is not dead. The play got
it's author Juan Matapa, into what
may result in serious trouble on an
evening lately when members OF the
detective department of the Manila po-
lice entered the Rial theater and took
possession of the libretto of the opera.
The performance was in full SWING
and the audience was wild with de-
light, and expressing it's satisfaction or
what was going on in every possible
manner Members of the detective de-
partment who had witnessed the play
on previous occasions, and who had al
so got tips as to it's revolutionary char
acter from other sources, were on hand
and as the heroine began her declara-
ton, Il am not dead" the detectives
rushed to the front of the house and
on the stage and seized the libretto OF
the play.
A reporter from the Manila American
visited the Rial theater on Friday
night. He did not announce the reason
he had in view in being there, and be-
gan to make inquiries as to whether
the house had been ''pinched" as re-
suit of the production of "Hindi Aco
. Patay." The management was not IN
cined to discuss the matter at any
! length but When the reporter display
ed an inclination to sympathiZe with
/ them lit was finally admitted that pl-
/ lice had been present and made mat
! tiers warm for the management at re-
cent performance. Beyond this no one
would say a word
An effort was made by the reporter
to ascertain from the police the exact
nature of the play but :he detective
bureau is keeping very quiet about The
| matter No one in the police depart
ment would either affirm or deny that
the Rial theater had been the scene Of
/ anything mot down on the program on
any night recently. But the Manila
American has learned from the very
best of authority outside of official
channels that the raid did take place. 1t
is also known that the detectives who
did the good work were in danger Of
being seriously injured, if not killed.
The audience, at the moment the raid
was made, was not inclined to brook
any interference from any one, and es-
pecially from Americans, and the gem
tleman who was present at the time
and who saw the danger the Americans
were in, informed the American re-
porter that if any one had given a sig
nal at that time the detectives would
have been fortunate to have escaped
| their lives.
n.
most subtle character. While there is
not line in it that would appear rev.
dictionary on it's face, there is dou-
Bile meaning to almost every word in
the play The heroine Is a young wo-
man who is cOstumed as ''Filipina Lib
re-" The villain is made up as an Ann
eriCan soldier, and what the heroine
does not say about that young man is
rot worth saying from a revolutionary
standpoint. The play Is cheered from
beginning to end. and it is easy to see
from the expressions on the faces OF
the audience that it understands well
the revolutionary sentiments expressed
by the players. The final scene is typi-
cal of the whole play The rising sun,
the emblem of the crushed Filipino
republic" is seen to rise behind stage
setting representing a mountain. As
II rises the orchestra plays Aguinaldo's
march. BY the time the march is fir
ished and the audience has ceased
cheering, the sun has reached its zen
it'll. ana remains stationary. Then the
Star Srangled Banner" is played. This
is done solely to comply with the law
recently passed by the commission per-
hitting AguinaldO's march to be play
ed, provided the national air of the
United States is played Immediately
atterward. But there is no cheering
while the Star Spangled Banner" is
being played. However, there is no
dearth of Kissing and cat-calls and 9TH
ed demonstrations of disapproval. And
all Of this has been done right here in
the city of Manila, not once, but many
times, during the past month. And vet
It is claimed by those who claim TO
know, and who should know. that the
revolutionary sentiment has finally died
out among the people of these islands.
Manila American.