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| with director Tony Mabesa |
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| with Greg de Leon who was impressive in his role as primo |
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| with Frances Makil-Ignacio who gave a wonderful performance that day |
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| with Sig Pecho who portrayed one of the sons |
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| with the very tall Leo Rialp whom I last saw last year in Bawal Tumawid Nakamamatay |
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| with Tess Dumpit |
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| with Therese Carlos |
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| with Ross Pesigan who was popular with the girls in the audience |
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| with Karen Gaerlan, one of the daughters in the play |
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| with Chad Hemady, the guy who eloped with one of the Don's daughters |
Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero writes about a rich Filipino family in the late 1920s in his play The Forsaken House. Interestingly, although the play was set generations ago, anyone in the audience can tell you pointedly that the issues the play is talking about, is as relevant now, as it was almost 90 years ago! Even I could actually see myself in the characters of the young teenagers trying their best to assert their independence from their strict father and their loving mother. There are seven children in the play and each one has an important role to play.
As for me, except maybe for a thing or two, I don't find anything much disagreeable about how the rich Don disciplines his children. It's really tough to be a parent. As they say, dapat may tamang timpla sa disiplina, otherwise, they go amok, as the children in this play shows!
I was impressed with the set design as it really looked like a 1920s house. The cute Ross Pesigan was there, and I was quite happy to have a photo with him. I also took the chance to have a photo with two of the more goodlooking guys in the cast, Sig Pecho and Chad Hemady. Leo Rialp and Greg de Leon were very imposing in their roles, while Frances Makil-Ignacio really brought the house down with her funny lines and perfect comedic timing.
I was also surprised that the older members of the family had Spanish speaking lines like Vamos a comer or Dame una agua fria! So I guess the old rich before spoke both good Spanish and English. Sadly, the cast would speak Tagalog to their household help. I still that's how people use Tagalog nowadays, just to talk to the common man.
All in all, I'm sure the mostly college student audience that morning came out with a food for thought as they went back to their homes. I'm sure they too can relate to the young characters in this play.
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