Severino Reyes
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Severino Reyes was a Filipino
writer, playwright, and director of plays. He used the pen name Lola Basyang. He was nicknamed "Don Binoy". Reyes is known as the "Father of Tagalog Plays" and as the "Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela
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. He started writing plays when he stopped studying at the University of Santo Tomas
after the death of his father. He translated Spanish-language plays into the Tagalog language, until he was able to create his own original works. Reyes is one of the followers of plays performed at the Teatro Zorrilla, where he witnessed both the period of popularity and then the abandonment of the said theater house.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
writer, playwright, and director of plays. He used the pen name Lola Basyang. He was nicknamed "Don Binoy". Reyes is known as the "Father of Tagalog Plays" and as the "Father of the Tagalog Zarzuela
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...
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Biography
Reyes is one of the children of Andrea Rivera and Rufino Reyes. He was born in Sta. Cruz, Manila. He studied at the Colegio de San Juan de LetranColegio de San Juan de Letran
The Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Letran College, or simply Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of learning located in Intramuros, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the...
. He started writing plays when he stopped studying at the University of Santo Tomas
University of Santo Tomas
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...
after the death of his father. He translated Spanish-language plays into the Tagalog language, until he was able to create his own original works. Reyes is one of the followers of plays performed at the Teatro Zorrilla, where he witnessed both the period of popularity and then the abandonment of the said theater house.
Works
- Walang SugatWalang SugatWalang Sugat is an 1898 Tagalog-language zarzuela a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that includes music, singing, and poetry written by Filipino playwright Severino Reyes. The music for the original version of the play was written by Filipino composer Fulgencio Tolentino...
("Not Wounded") - one of the most popular Philippine zarzuelaZarzuelaZarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...
s - Other Tagalog zarzuelas written by Reyes were Minda Mora, Mga Bihag ni Cupido ("Cupid's Prisoner"), Ang Bagong Fausto ("The New Faustus"), Ang Tunay na Hukom ("The True Judge"), Ang Tatlong Bituin ("The Three Stars"), Margaritang Mananahi ("Margarita the Seamstress"), Ang Halik ng Isang Patay ("Kiss of One [Already] Dead") and Luha ng Kagalakan ("Tears of Joy")
- Mga Kuwento ni Lola BasyangMga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang"Lola Basyang" is the pen name of Severino Reyes, founder and editor of the Tagalog magazine Liwayway. From 1925, Reyes wrote a series of stories for children under the title Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang...
("The Stories of Grandmother Basyang") - a collection of fables with moral lessons
Descendants
Among Reyes' descendants are:- Pedrito Reyes (Son)
- Efren Reyes, Sr.Efren Reyes, Sr.Efren Reyes, Sr. was a Filipino actor and director. He was the father of Efren Reyes, Jr.-Early life:Efren Ongpin-Reyes, Sr. was a popular action star of the 50s appearing mostly in action and costume epic movies. He was born on June 18, 1924 in Manila...
(Grandson) - Severino Reyes II (Grandson)
- Efren Reyes, Jr.Efren Reyes, Jr.-Early life:Born Efren "Jun" Montes-Reyes, Jr. on June 25, 1959 in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of actor, writer, director & producer, Efren Reyes, Sr. and Virginia Montes. Brother of actress, Cristina Reyes. Nephew of Actors, Johnny Reyes and Tessie Quintana. Grandson of writer, Pedrito...
(Great-grandson) - Severino Reyes III (Great-grandson)