 It took nothing less than heroic courage for Sotto to write and produce this play when he did.At this time, the Filipinos were still seething with resentment at the American betrayal of their hopes and the new colonizers were retaliating with restrictions on the freedom of expressions.Vicente Sotto, also known as Nyor Inting (1877–1950), was a former senator of the Philippines, and considered as one of the greatest Cebuanos of the 20th century.