Balagtas' Works of Art

For those who want to know just what it is that Balagtas wrote, here's a list of names for you.

Plays
-- Komedya
        + Orosmán at Zafira – a komedya (A Filipino theater form evolved from the Spanish comedia) in four parts

        + Don Nuño at Selinda – a komedya in three parts
        + Auredato at Astrome – a komedya in three parts
        + Clara Belmore – a komedya in three parts
        + Abdol at Misereanan – a komedya, staged by Abucay in 1857
        + Bayaceto at Dorslica – a komedya in three parts, staged at Udyong on September 27, 1857
        + Alamansor at Rosalinda – a komedya staged at Udyong during the town's feast
-- Other
      La India elegante y el negrito amante – a short play in one part

Poems
-- Famous
      Florante at Laura, an awit (metrical narrative poem with dodecasyllabic quatrains [12 syllables per line, 4 lines per stanza]) Balagtas' masterpiece
-- Other
        + Nudo gordeano
        + Rodolfo at Rosemonda
        + Mahomet at Constanza
        + Claus (translated from Latin to Tagalog)

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