Staging the Nation: Claro M. Recto’s Domestic Dramas

• Main Author: Matibag, Eugenio
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Nationalism; ilustrado hegemony; American colonial rule
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss20/10; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1363/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n20_2013_5D_203.4_ForumKritika_Matibag.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Near the beginning of a prolific and productive career as a writer and statesman, Claro M. Recto (1890-1960) authored two prize-winning dramas that were performed at the Manila Grand Opera House. Each of the plays—La ruta de Damasco (1913) and Solo entre las sombras (1917)—is a drama that represents...