“Awit Kay Ana” is an adaptation of a William Somerset Maugham short story set in France amidst the death and destruction brought about by World War II. “Awit Kay Ana”, the setting shifts to the Philippines wherein a family’s idyllic existence is disrupted when the country found itself caught in the war set off by Japanese occupation.
Originally entitled “Digmaan!” (War), the play won for its playwright, Diosdado Sa. Anzures, the prestigious Palanca Award in the 70s. In its original title, the play had been successfully staged in Metro Manila and key cities around the country, with more than 100 performances to date. Aside from the Filipinization of the characters, the playwright has added other scenes and characters to further enrich the local color and underline the actual Filipino experience in the Japan’s failed attempt for imperialist expansion all over Asia.
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