Haring Lear: Ang Hari Noon, Ngayon, at Magpakailanman

Introduksyon

Ang Haring Lear ay isang produksyon na pinangunahan ng Philippine Educational Theater Administration (PETA). Ito ay hinango at nagmula sa orihinal na gawa ni William Shakespeare na dinirek ni G.Nonon Padilla at isinalin ni G. Bienvenido Lumbera

Ano nga ba ang Haring Lear?

BUOD: "Isang haring nasa katandaan ay nagpasyang hatiin ang kanyang kaharian sa tatlong anak na bago tanggapin ang kanilang kaukulang pamana ay pinaraan muna sa isang pagsubok - ano ang katibayan ng bawat isa na siya ay karapatdapat sa pamana ng hari? Kakatwa na nanalig si Lear sa ganda ng pananalita ng tagapagmana bilang katibayan na siya ay karapatdapat. Sa pagdaloy ng salaysay, ang katibayang nakasalalay sa magandang pananalita ay ginutay-gutay ng masamang nasa at gawa. Ang haring nanalig sa ganda ng pananalita ay napabulusok sa pagkabaliw nang wala siyang makapitang totoo sa kanyang relasyon kina Goneril at Regan. Itinakwil niya si Cordelia na ayaw magbitiw ng magagandang pananalita bilang katibayan ng pagmamahal sa magulang. Ang pagdurusang dinanas ng matandang hari ay sinaniban ng sungit ng panahong kanyang sinagasa sa kaparangan ng kahariang kanyang ipinamigay kapalit ng magagandang pananalita ng dalawa niyang anak.

Itinabi ni Shakespeare ang salaysay ni Gloucester sa marawal na pagdurusa ni Lear. Narito ang amang madaling nalinlang ng pagsisinungaling ng anak sa labas na si Edmund at kanyang itinakwil ang lehitimong anak na si Edgar na inakalang may tangkang pagpatay sa kanya. Naniwala siya sa hindi niya nakikita na kataksilan diumano ni Edgar. Dumaan siya sa paglabulag bago niya nakilala kung alin sa dalawang anak niya ang tunay na taksil." (mula sa souvenir program ng Haring Lear)

Ang Produksyon

Gaya ng unang beses kong napanood ang PETA, hindi pa rin nagbabago ang kanilang pagiging malikhain. Sa ambiance at set, musika at mga aktor, makikita ang magandang kredibilidad at quality ng nasabing tagatanghal.

Ang ambiance ay nasusunod sa dapat na tema ng Haring Lear na tragedy. Ang kulay ng set ay kaaya-aya. Boring man sa ilan, ngunit makikita ang pagiging masinsin sa detalye ng set. Kung mapapansin, at kung hindi ako nagkakamali, ay gawa sa mga recycled material ang set na siyang lalong kahalihalina.

Ang musikang gamit ay may kanyang kagandahan ding taglay. Catchy ang bawat kantang ginamit. Nakakagulat din na gumamit sila ng mga kantang Inggles na lalong makakakuha ng atensyon ng mga manonood.

At ang huli ay ang mga aktor. Ito ang unang beses kong manood ng all-male casting na play. Ako'y tunay na naexcite at hindi naman ako nadismaya sa aking napanood. Ang gagaling ng mga aktor na gumanap. Makikitang in-character sila sa buong pagtatanghal.

Kaya akin ko kayong inaanyayahang manood ng mga pagtatanghal na ginagawa ng PETA sapagkat hindi masasayang ang oras at pera ninyo :)

PS:

Pasensya na sa pangit na quality ng photo

Pagkatapos ng pagtatanghal ay bumili ako at ang kaibigan ko ng souvenir program <3 <3 

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I want..

I want to post a picture of my crush.

But I may end up liking him more..HOHOHO

Random Ranting

A friend of mine asked me to put the poem I wrote here...ok, so here it is

{FACT}

I am more afraid of loving someone. More afraid than cockroaches, mirrors and big crowd.

Why do I fear love?

I don't know.

I haven't experienced it yet.

All I know is that nothing is permanent in this world -

Including love.

I hate the feeling being nervous whenever I see her

I hate the feeling of not being able to talk whenever she's around

I hate the feeling of losing my confidence just from her presence

Love is the most annoying feeling

It kept me awake the whole night

Yes. The whole f*cking night

Just thinking of her

Love leaves dark bags under my eyes

I want her to be in my arms

I want to hug her

I want her to be mine

Am I not being greedy?

I want to confess

To tell her my true feelings

But I know I'll be rejected

Since this is an unrequited love

I hate love

I hate love

I hate love

Please tell me this isn't love

Am I really in love?

I don't know

I definitely don't know

But I wish that this is just a mere confusion

Life is too playful

And this is probably one of his games.

What is love? How do you know that you're in love? Symptoms? Cures?

I think I like my classmate in my majors. Oh lol. Fuck that shit.

I think I'm in love

BUT I MYSELF AM NOT SURE OF MY FEELINGS

I don't know what love means.

Awesome Dream

I had a dream this morning. Anyway, here it was:

I and some friends (I don't know which group) went somewhere and returned to Manila riding an LRT. The thing was the LRT turned into a roller coaster. (imagine LRT railway having loops)

After that, we arrived at a stop - not realizing that it was the Spirit World. We only found it out when we saw some transparent people. ANYWAY, us being alive were captured by these ghosts and were set to be offered to their king.

While being captured, I shouted some prayer (St. Benedict's medallion prayer to be exact) but it didn't work. So we were imprisoned in a room (which looked so familiar).

Anyway, one friend of mine was chosen to be the first sacrifice for the ruler of the spirit world. Everyone panicked, including me. Without realizing, I went straight to the first corner with another friend, and told her that she should repeat what I say. We successfully did it  in the first three corners, on the last one (when my "sacrifice" friend almost died) I shouted the last parts of the prayer. By the way, those who captured us helped us in successfully reciting the said prayer.

The spirit king suddenly started burning.Until it couldn't move. I tried capturing it with my necklaces (the dreamcatcher, the star of david, the necklace I bought in the bazaar, and a beaded necklace) but he wouldn't allow it. I then asked for some of his teeth, and that is where I placed his soul. And then I realized that the beaded necklace was already broken. We concluded that it probably was because of the energy I had to use in order to stop the said spirit king.


-and then i woke up-

I WANT TO JUMP OFF A BUILDING...