Guelan Luarca deconstructs Nick Joaquin’s classic play into a brilliant new version

“Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati” at Hyundai Hall of Arete in Ateneo de Manila University, is a Filipino translation by Jerry Respeto of Nick Joaquin’s “A Portrait of an Artist as Filipino,” which was then adapted and directed by Guelan Luarca.