Council of the Gods A play by Jose Rizal Performed by Chase Marcum This is the English translation of Jose Rizal's Award winning play Council of the Gods adapted for an online YouTube format produced and performed by Chase Marcum. El Consejo de los Dioses (English Translation: The Council of the Gods) is a play written in Spanish by Filipino writer and national hero José Rizal, first published in 1880 in Manila by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila in 1880, and later by La Solidaridad in 1883. El Consejo de los Dioses was written by Rizal when he was only nineteen years old, and reveals the humanistic education of the Philippines at the time and his answer to scholasticism. Depicting Olympian deities discussing Western literary standards, it becomes a reference text of literary criticism in the Philippines. Rizal further explores the true meaning of human desire for knowledge and designs the guidelines for a Filipino speculative thought. The play won the first prize award in an 1880-1881 literary contest commemorating the death of Cervantes sponsored by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila. “Con el recuerdo del pasado entro en el porvenir” (“I enter the future remembering the past”), was Rizal's epigraph for the award. Time has come for crossing the Frontier! Para Diyos at Bansa. GODSPEED Please like share support and subscribe at: youtube.com/mahimiawapi https://py.pl/16OAgfpatreon.com/cm3 facebook.com/Sekyungafam anchor.fm/manilalive/support open.spotify.com/show/3MKWgoYeM4sybnArMg19id twitter.com/ChaseMarcum3 instagram.com/chasemarcum3