To the memory of Amalia B. Reyes
First Performance: The Filipino Players, under the author’s direction, at St. Cecilia’s Hall, November 21, 1940
CHARACTERS:
DON FRANCISCO
(the father)
DOÑA PETRA
(the mother)
NENA
(their daughter)
ROBERTING
(their son)
DOÑA DOLORES
FRED
(her son)
FRANCISCO
(the servant)
PABLO
(the
mayordomo
)
TIME : One Sunday morning, at about eleven.
SCENE: The living-room. Simply furnished. A window on the right. At the rear, a corridor. A door on the left Sofa, chairs, etc. at the discretion of the director.
When the curtain rises,
DON FRANCISCO
, about sixty, is seen sitting on the sofa, smoking a cigar He wears a nice-looking lounging robe. Presently
ROBERTING
, his twenty-year old son, good-looking, well-dressed, enters. He wants to ask some. thing from his father, but before he gathers enough courage, he maneuvers about the stage and clears his throat several times before he finally approaches him.
ROBERTING
(Clearing his throat).
Ehem-ehem-ehem!
FRANCISCO
(Looking up briefly).
Ehem
ROBERTING
. -Father-
FRANCISCO
(Without looking at him).
What?
ROBERTING
. Father-
FRANCISCO
. Well?
ROBERTING
. Father-
FRANCISCO
. Again?
ROBERTING
. Well, you see it's like this-
FRANCISCO
. Like what?
