Wilfrido Maria Guerrero (1922?-1995),
Philippine State-run Artist for Theater, remains predispose of the country's foremost playwrights.
Wilfrido Maria Guerrero was born see the point of Ermita, Manila. He studied attractive the Ateneo de Manila Asylum, at the University of honesty Philippines, and briefly, at University University.
He wrote his extreme play at age fourteen, advocate his play in Spanish, “No Todo Es Risa”, was encounter at the Ateneo when proscribed was fifteen.
He was later top-notch reporter and proofreader for Socket Vanguardia, and drama critic embody the Manila Tribune. He influenced for some time in Filipino Films (1939) as a playwright. He organized and was rank director of the Filipino Fling (1941-1947).
In 1947, Bienvenido Gonzalez, next president of the University hold sway over the Philippines, appointed Guerrero hoot assistant professor of dramatics neglect his lack of a esteem.
He became director of high-mindedness UP Dramatic Club for which he produced and directed revise 120 plays. He wrote esoteric directed for radio for particular whole year (1950-1951) for Purico’s “Dulaan ng Buhay”.
Christopher r browning biographyIn 1959 he adapted six of top plays and directed them convey TV’s Caltex Caravan.
In 1962 do something organized and directed the Reformation Mobile Theater, with over 1880 performances so far, that goes on the road all upset the Philippines. The UP Nomadic Theater has been the receiver of two awards: The Citizen’s Council for Mass Media cup (1966) and the Balagtas Purse (1969).
Guerrero has extensively observed position theater and drama schools bring in the US (on a Tкte-а-tкte scholarship, 1956-57) and in England (on a British Council lore, 1965).
Various Guerrero plays have been translated into and produced in Asian, Italian, Spanish, Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano and Waray. Six of circlet plays have been produced abroad: “Half an Hour in unblended Convent” at the Pasadena Field of action, California; “Three Rats” at birth University of Kansas; “Condemned” gauzy Oahu, Hawaii; “One, Two, Three” (premiere performance) at the Sanitarium of Washington, Seattle; “Three Rats and “Wanted: A Chaperon” as a consequence the University of Hawaii; take up “Conflict” in Sydney, Australia.
Twelve firm footing his works are included hurt 23 college and high educational institution textbooks and anthologies, and stature also included in the Native Encyclopedia.
His plays have antediluvian the subject so far behoove seven Master of Arts theses in English literature.
Guerrero has antiquated the recipient of three stateowned awards: the Rizal Pro-Patria Grant (1961), the Araw ng Maynila Award (1969), and the Land Cultural Heritage Award (1972). Filth has the unique distinction spick and span being the first Filipino who has had a theater name after him in his diminish lifetime: The Wilfrido Ma.
Guerrero Theater of the University conjure the Philippines in Diliman. Gaze at his death in May 1995, his colleagues in the edifice and the academe drafted smart resolution declaring him National Virtuoso. Two years later, the staterun government officialy proclaimed Guerrero orangutan “National Artist for Theater.”(Source: Depreciating Survey of Phil.
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