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"Exploring theatrical representations of homosexuality in Brazil, this is an alternative history of Brazilian theatre. It offers a critical analysis of canonical and non-canonical plays infused with the insights of feminist and queer theory, and looks at the portrayal of AIDS in Brazilian culture." --

Literature and society --- AIDS (Disease) in literature. --- Homosexuality in literature. --- Brazilian drama --- History and criticism.

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Reading a play and watching it performed onstage are quite different experiences. Likewise, studying a country's theatrical tradition with reference only to playtexts overlooks the vital impact of a play's performance on the audience and on the whole artistic community. In this performance-centered approach to Brazilian theatre since the 1940s, David George explores a total theatrical language—the plays, the companies that produced them, and the performances that set a standard for all future stagings. George structures the discussion around several important companies. He begins with Os Comediantes, whose revolutionary 1943 staging of Nelson Rodrigues' Vestido de Noiva (Bridal Gown) broke with the outmoded comedy-of-manners formula that had dominated the national stage since the nineteenth century. He considers three companies of the 1950s and 1960s—Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia, Teatro de Arena, and Teatro Oficina—along with the 1967 production of O Rei da Vela (The Candle King) by Teatro Oficina. The 1970s represented a wasteland for Brazilian theatre, George finds, in which a repressive military dictatorship muzzled artistic expression. The Grupo Macunaíma brought theatre alive again in the 1980s, with its productions of Macunaíma and Nelson 2 Rodrigues. Common to all theatrical companies, George concludes, was the desire to establish a national aesthetic, free from European and United States models. The creative tension this generated and the successes of modern Brazilian theatre make lively reading for all students of Brazilian and world drama.

Theater --- Brazilian drama --- History --- History and criticism. --- Rodrigues, Nelson --- Dramatic production.

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"L'ouvrage de Christine Douxami "Le théâtre noir brésilien : un processus militant d'affirmation de l'identité afro-brésilienne", met en avant les différentes formes artistiques et esthétiques du théâtre noir au Brésil de sa création en 1944 jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Ce théâtre constitue une réponse militante et artistique de la part de membres du groupe ethnique afro-brésilien à un sujet jusqu'à aujourd'hui tabou au Brésil: la discrimination raciale qui émane de l'ensemble de la société brésilienne envers les populations afro-brésiliennes. Depuis 2001, le gouvernement fédéral brésilien mettoutefois en avant des politiques d'action affirmative en faveur des populations noires et commence à admettre l'existence du racisme. Le théâtre noir a donc parallèlement connu un nouvel essor et traduit, tant en termes de dramaturgie qu'esthétiquement sur le plateau, les nouvelles aspirations des populations afro-brésiliennes. L'ouvrage, en soulignant le travail des précurseurs brésiliens dans ce domaine de l'art engagé et en montrant quels sont les choix artistiques et politiques actuels de ce théâtre de revendication identitaire est donc particulièrement actuel et nécessaire. Entre théâtre épique, théâtre documentaire, théâtre Butô, conte, les sources de ce théâtre politique sont nombreuses. Le livre est inédit et se fonde sur des entretiens de plus de 150 personnes qui incluent les pionniers du théâtre noir comme les comédiens et metteurs en scène d'aujourd'hui. Il articule à la fois des formes théâtrales passées et présentes et des espaces géographiques brésiliens très distincts comme Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo et Salvador. L'ouvrage reflète un questionnement autour de la négritude et de ses héritiers et amène à s'intéresser plus largement à l'engagement politique des artistes africains et de la diaspora au sein du théâtre contemporain."--P. [4] of cover.

Brazilian drama --- Black people in the performing arts --- Theater and society --- Black people --- Théâtre brésilien --- Noirs dans les arts du spectacle --- Théâtre et société --- Noirs --- Social aspects --- Race identity --- Aspect social --- Identité ethnique

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