The Romance of Magno Rubio
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The Romance of Magno Rubio is a play by Lonnie Carter based on a short story by Carlos Bulosan
. Developed by the Ma-Yi Theater Company
, it had its premiere in October, 2002 in New York City. The production and cast members were the recipient of a special 2003 Obie Award
. After touring to Los Angeles and other cities, it since had a revival in New York at The Culture Project in the spring of 2007.
Based on a three-page short story by Bulosan, the play is largely told in rhyme
d couplet
s, and uses various traditional Filipino
art forms, such as eskrima
to tell the story of a lovesick migrant farmworker.
Carlos Bulosan
Also known as Julius Zafra , a Filipino, an English-language novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States, and is best known for the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.-Life and career:Carlos Bulosan was born to Ilocano parents in...
. Developed by the Ma-Yi Theater Company
Ma-Yi Theater Company
Ma-Yi Theater Company is a professional, not-for-profit, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award winning theater company based in New York City that was founded in 1989. Ma-Yi Theater is headed by Executive Director Jorge Ortoll and Artistic Director Ralph Peña...
, it had its premiere in October, 2002 in New York City. The production and cast members were the recipient of a special 2003 Obie Award
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
. After touring to Los Angeles and other cities, it since had a revival in New York at The Culture Project in the spring of 2007.
Based on a three-page short story by Bulosan, the play is largely told in rhyme
Rhyme
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is most often used in poetry and songs. The word "rhyme" may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes.-Etymology:...
d couplet
Couplet
A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.While traditionally couplets rhyme, not all do. A poem may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets with a meter of iambic pentameter are called heroic...
s, and uses various traditional Filipino
Culture of the Philippines
Philippine culture is related to Micronesian, Bornean, Mexican and Spanish cultures. The people today are mostly of Malayo-Polynesian origin, although there are people with Spanish, Mexican, Austro-Melanesian and Chinese blood. Geographically, the Philippines is considered part of Southeast Asia...
art forms, such as eskrima
Eskrima
Eskrima is the umbrella term for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines, which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons...
to tell the story of a lovesick migrant farmworker.
External links
- http://www.inq7.net/opi/2003/jul/24/opi_mpdoyo-1.htm
- Original New York Times review