Works
- 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
- La India elegante y el negrito amante – a short play in one part
- Nudo gordeano
- Rodolfo at Rosemonda
- Mahomet at Constanza
- Claus (translated into Tagalog from Latin)
- Florante at Laura, an awit (metrical narrative poem with dodecasyllabic quatrains ) Balagtas' masterpiece
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