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zarzuela
() is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name o ...
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playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just
Readin ...
who writes in the
Waray language
Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ nga Winaray/Waray, meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native l ...
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References
* Clarita C. Filipinas. ''Lineyte-Samarnon zarzuela (1899-1977): history & aesthetics''. Tacloban City, Philippines: Divine Word University Publications, 1991. Cited in Victor N. Sugbo,
Language policy and local literature in the Philippines"
Visayan writers
Waray-language writers
Filipino male dramatists and playwrights
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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