FOOT: A Play on Rizal in the Gardens of Fort Santiago welcomed us
TRUE TO LIFE PLAY: Actors playing Teodora Alonzo and Jose Rizal gave us an early morning goosebumps! Early birds catch worms indeed. My troop decided to pass by the historical passageways and gigantic ornate and solemn old buildings of Intramuros. We avoided the kalesa, the trike, the padyak and set on foot. But despite our slow pace, we reached Fort Santiago just in time when Rizal's Jesuit teacher Francisco de Paula Sanchez's overpowering voice caught our attention. The play in the garden just started! We approached the four-man act surrounded by students and fellow tourists. We listened to the English and Filipino narrations and words of the characters, consisting of Josephine Bracken, Teodora Alonzo and Jose Rizal in addition to the Fr. Sanchez. In a report , the play which was written by Anton Juan and Oliver Quintana with music by Gary Granada aimed to humanize the iconic Rizal through the scenes of his last sorrowful moments with his mo...