UNA LOA EN FILIPINAS A LA FIESTA DE TRES BEATOS DOMINICOS (MANILA, 1677)

After a brief survey of the dramatic loa (prelude) in Hispano-Philippine literature during 17th and 18th centuries, this article focuses on Felipe Pardo's Sagrada fiesta, tres veces grande (1677), a miscellaneous volumen that summarizes the festivities organized by the Dominican friars in Manila on the occasion the beatification of three members of the Order of Preachers. The book is composed of sermons, carols, riddles and, most importantly, three hagiographic plays, two loas, an interlude (entremés) and a sarao. Keywords, Hispano-Philippine Theater, Order of Preachers, Loa (prelude), critical edition. Poco después, en 1637, tras las guerras contra el sultán Qudarat (Corralat) y toma de Mindanao, se erigieron en Manila arcos triunfales y se declamaron poesías (Donoso 98-101), ocasión aprovechada por el jesuita Jerónimo Pérez para componer una comedia sobre La toma del pueblo de Corralat y conquista del Cerro, aderezada con su loa, donde los jóvenes colegiales jesuitas volvieron a fungir de actores (Retana 35-36; CATEH, ficha 1058).