Floy Quintos: Collected Plays
Series design for a contemporary Filipino playwright
Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press
Author: Floy Quintos
Book dimensions: 6 × 9 in
Year: 2014
Author: Floy Quintos
Book dimensions: 6 × 9 in
Year: 2014
About the books
A continuing series gathering the works of playwright Floy Quintos, with production notes and photographs, as well as commentary from actors, directors, and designers involved in the staging of the plays.
His choice of the covers was brave, to say the least. The powerful images of an all-male orgy (volume 1) and a case of domestic violence (volume 2) that he chose had me secretly pleased, but also very worried. I told him “Karl, the publisher is a Jesuit university! Puwede ba ‘yan?”
“The plays are provocative naman, eh. And you’ve never been politically correct anyway,” he answered. That was it.
“The plays are provocative naman, eh. And you’ve never been politically correct anyway,” he answered. That was it.
—Floy Quintos, playwright
Design notes
Bright hues of yellow and fuchsia bring a shock of color to the collection, while keeping the volumes unified. A more sober maroon shade keeps the design tame. The images on the covers are provocative and compelling, just like the plays themselves. (I never thought I’d be able to put an orgy on a book cover and get away with it.)
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Credits
Cover photographs by Jojit Lorenzo (Volume 1) and Kamole Orense (Volume 2).
