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Filipino adaptation of "I only came to use the phone"

Makikitawag lang ako
Makikitawag lang ako Source: PNU Theatre Guild

What if, you came to a mental hospital just to use the phone, but ended up being confined in that hospital? This is the story revolving the short story "Makikitawag lang ako", an adaptation of the short story "I only came to use the phone" of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Image: "Makikitawag lang ako" (PNU Theatre Guild)


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What if, you came to a mental hospital just to use the phone, but ended up being confined in that hospital? This is the story revolving the short story "Makikitawag lang ako", an adaptation of the short story "I only came to use the phone" of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Image: "Makikitawag lang ako" (PNU Theatre Guild)


"Makikitawag lang ako" penned fifteen years ago by Teresa Jopson - who is currently doing her doctoral at the Australian National University, has gained interests from students of the Philippine Normal University (PNU) that resulted to its staging.

 

Jopson shares her delight that members of the theatre guild of PNU has chosen this timely story which in a way reflects the dark comedy currently happening in the Philippine politics.

 


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