{"product_id":"the-modern-brazilian-stage-david-george-9780292729766","title":"The Modern Brazilian Stage","description":"\u003cp\u003eReading 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge structures the discussion around several important companies. He begins with Os Comediantes, whose revolutionary 1943 staging of Nelson Rodrigues' \u003ci\u003eVestido de Noiva (Bridal Gown)\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eO Rei da Vela (The Candle King)\u003c\/i\u003e by Teatro Oficina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eMacunaíma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNelson 2 Rodrigues.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292729766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292729766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"David George","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906552156415,"sku":"9780292729766","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c79d3128-4bdf-41b2-8e70-cd3208dc355b.jpg?v=1748770759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-modern-brazilian-stage-david-george-9780292729766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}