Selected Plays: Volume 1 by Severino Montano

Out of Print Title.

This volume of play is a most welcome addition to the literature from which we can draw insights into ourselves as Filipinos. In "The Love of Leonor Rivera," we week over the tragic end of the beautiful sweetheart of our national hero, Jose Rizal, and ponder on the ideal of personal sacrifice for the love of country. In "My Morning Star," we are touched by the idealism and deep compassion of a human being. We are reminded of the folly of war and we recall with sweet regret the nostalgic memories of Filipino and American kinship that bound us then. But just when we feel the lump in our throat and the tears in our eyes, characters like Cornelia and Doray appear to make us laugh through our tears.

To make you laugh and cry is to touch the human heart. That was what Severino Montano, Poet and Playright, always wanted to do. - Naty Crame Rogers

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: New Day Publishers, 1987
ISBN10: 9711003139
Language: English