This thesis explores the potential fruitfulness of drama for Christian theology through a close analysis of particular dramatic works by Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957). This project contends that to determine the extent to which drama can be more than a mere metaphor in theological writing, it is vitally important for theologians to attend to specific instances of dramatic performance. The approach of this project is, therefore, one of taking time over particular plays, examined with sensitivity to the circumstances of the original productions of these works. Through such close study of Sayers’ plays, a case is made for drama’s capacity to show forth God’s action in history. At the heart of the theology which emerges from the plays is an incarnational and participatory dynamic: a movement which brings embodied, time-bound specificities into an intimate relationship with the excessive, uncontainable, superabundance of divine being. This thesis aims to contribute to the growing body of work which is discovering deep resonances between drama and theology. It also makes a significant contribution to the study of Sayers’ writings. Whilst Sayers’ detective fiction and other prose, in particular her book The Mind of the Maker, has received attention from scholars interested in theology, the theological significance of her plays has been overlooked. The thesis examines in detail four of Sayers’ dramatic works. Chapters Two and Three each treat works written for broadcast on BBC radio: first, Sayers’ 1938 nativity play, He That Should Come; second, her series of twelve plays depicting the life of Christ, The Man Born to Be King, broadcast between 1941 and 1942. Chapters Four and Five discuss plays written for performance in ecclesial settings: The Just Vengeance, commissioned as part of a festival at Lichfield Cathedral in 1946, and The Zeal of Thy House, the Canterbury Cathedral Festival play for 1937.

Arena Theatre Company’s Eat Your Young is examined as an intrinsic case study. The aim is to investigate the role of a director in the creation of an original multi-media theatre production designed for young people. The study explores the current social, political and cultural position of young people and argues that they are viewed and portrayed as a marginalised “other”. The history of Arena Theatre Company is documented in relation to the development of Theatre in Education from its British roots to the Company’s current emphasis on contemporary artists exploring the possibilities of multi-art form technology. The development of multi-media usage in theatre over the past century is outlined in order to gain an understanding of Arena’s place within this technological experimentation. Utilising ethnographic methodology, including participant observation, “unstructured” interactive interviews and the construction of participant monologues, the creative rehearsal and planning process of Eat Your Young is chartered over a five month period. The outcomes of the study confirm the literature relating to the qualities of a good director: they are leadership, vision and the ability to collaborate. The metaphor chief architect is coined to describe the central figure of the director, Rosemary Myers. The case study discusses the development of a Company culture where artists work in an intensive social and interactive environment and it identifies the unique pressures and individual responsibility of the role of director.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:52:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leon.pdf: 1529542 bytes, checksum: 46b1ab8dacf5f7e206bf7f75b963c05f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation analyses the theatre work of Wilson Rio Apa and his 'Family', in the city of Florianópolis. It focuses on the performance A PAIXÃO Segundo Todos Os Homens, produced in the neihbourhoods of Lagoa da Conceição; Praias dos Ingleses and do Santinho, between 1977 and 1987. It also discusses the outcomes of his work to the city's theatre movement during the 1980 s and 1990 s, specially concerning the debates about modernity and posmodernity which emerged from the choices of performance spaces. This research reconsiders the initiative of local theatre groups of using non-italian theatrical spaces (Florianópolis historical and cultural sites) as the starting point for the devising of their theatre performances. The first chapter describes the city's urban and social context, just before Wilson Rio Apa and his Family first arrival. The second chapter presents the arrival of Wilson Rio Apa in Florianópolis and the performances of A PAIXÃO Segundo Todos os Homens in the Island of Santa Catarina, from 1977 to 1987. It also gives an outlook of Brazil's political context; and it gives a description of the performance; the cast; the characters; the script; the locations chosen for the staging (naming the places and detailing how these spaces were used); the actors preparation; the production; and the political discussions related to the thems of the performance. The last chapter encompasses the opening of the city (prompted by the initiative of Wilson Rio Apa and his Family by A PAIXÃO) to the so called popular theatre; the local groups appropriation of the city heritage -- which started in the last two decades of the Twentieth century in Florianópolis in favor of theatre making; the transit between modernity and posmodernity done by these groups from their investigations about theatre space in this period it was possible to observe alongside with the already established TAC, the opening of other theatre places financed either by the government or by the private setor, established to answer this demand; the asthetic proposition of some local theatre groups that provocked the Antiga Desterro in other spaces which were not the velho casarão da Pereira Oliveira ; and the fragmentation of the city centre as the only place capable of disseminating the cultural proposals of the city / Pela presente dissertação analiso o trabalho de teatro desenvolvido por Wilson Rio Apa e sua Família, em Florianópolis, com especial atenção ao espetáculo A PAIXÃO Segundo Todos Os Homens, realizado na Lagoa da Conceição e Praias dos Ingleses e do Santinho, no período compreendido entre 1977 e 1987, e as conseqüências do trabalho por ele desenvolvido para o movimento teatral da capital de Santa Catarina nas décadas de 1980 e 1990. Esta pesquisa revisita iniciativas realizadas por grupos de teatro de Florianópolis, nas décadas de 1980 e 1990, que se serviram do sentido simbólico e monumental de espaços de tipologia não-italiana, componentes do patrimônio histórico e cultural da cidade, como suporte para a concepção da obra de arte teatral. O primeiro capítulo apresenta a cidade e o que acontecia nela no seu panorama social urbano, às vésperas da chegada de Wilson Rio Apa e sua Família. O capítulo seguinte apresenta a chegada de Wilson Rio Apa em Florianópolis e o transcorrer d A PAIXÃO Segundo Todos os Homens na Ilha de Santa Catarina, de 1977 a 1987, bem como o contexto político do país, a encenação, os atores, as personagens, o roteiro, os espaços utilizados para a encenação (quais eram, e como eram usados para tal fim), a preparação dos atores, a produção, as discussões políticas envolvidas pelos temas abordados no espetáculo. O último capítulo aborda a abertura da cidade (motivada pela iniciativa de Wilson Rio Apa e sua Família através d A PAIXÃO) ao teatro dito popular ; da apropriação iniciada nas duas últimas décadas do século XX em Florianópolis pelos grupos locais dos patrimônios existentes na cidade em prol do seu fazer teatral; do trânsito entre modernidade/pós-modernidade feito por estes grupos a partir de suas investigações a respeito do espaço cênico, nesse período em que é possível observar (além do já existente TAC) o aparecimento de outros espaços empreendidos tanto pelo poder público quanto por iniciativas privadas criados a fim de também atender a essa demanda; a proposição estética de alguns grupos de teatro local que provocaram a Antiga Desterro em espaços distintos do velho casarão da Pereira Oliveira ; e a fragmentação do centro como único ponto difusor de iniciativas culturais do município

Les témoignages des écrivains et des metteurs en scène, largement relayés par la critique dramatique et universitaire, ont façonné des légendes sur le travail théâtral, réduit les compagnonnages de créateurs au conflit ou à la parfaite harmonie. En confrontant les enseignements de l’école du Cartel – depuis la fondation du Vieux-Colombier (1913) jusqu’à l’achèvement de son legs (1968) – et les collaborations engagées dans la salle et dans l’atelier d’écriture, on se propose de mettre en lumière les logiques qui déterminent les rapports de forces entre les créateurs et d’interroger leurs incidences sur la pratique et la poétique du fait théâtral.La première partie de l’étude éclaire, dans une perspective historique, les relations entre les écrivains et des metteurs en scène dans les deux premiers tiers du siècle et montre la place centrale qu’y joue l’école de Copeau. Elle examine la façon dont les collaborateurs se perçoivent et dont ils conçoivent leur travail au sein de la coopération.La deuxième partie se consacre à l’attelage de cinq héritiers du Cartel (Barsacq, Meyer, Serreau, Barrault et Blin) avec trois générations d’auteurs (Claudel, Gide, Anouilh, Couturier, Ionesco, Beckett, Schehadé et Keineg) et envisage, dans une perspective génétique, le rôle des écrivains dans la salle. Elle met en valeur l’effort des dramaturges pour faire valoir leur légitimité et elle questionne la place de l’argument écrit dans la joute des créateurs.La troisième partie de l’étude éclaire la déclinaison des fonctions du metteur en scène dans le cabinet d’écriture et interroge sa possible influence sur la poétique des dramaturges et sur l’imprimé de théâtre. / The accounts given by writers and directors, widely reported by dramatic and academic critics, have given rise to legends concerning the theatrical work, and have reduced the partnerships between creators to one of either conflict or perfect harmony. By comparing the teachings of the Cartel school – from the foundation of the Vieux-Colombier (1913) to the achievements of its legacy – and the collaborations begun in the theatre and at the writer’s desk, we propose to bring to light the logic determining the balance of powers between creators and to explore its effect on the practice and the poetry of the theatrical.The first part of the study sheds light, from a historical perspective, on the relations between writers and directors in the first two-thirds of the century and shows the central role played by the Copeau school. It examines the way in which the collaborators perceive one another and the way they conceive their work within a collaborative setting.The second part is dedicated to the relationships of five heirs of the Cartel school (Barsacq, Meyer, Serreau, Barrault and Blin) with three generations of authors (Claudel, Gide, Anouilh, Couturier, Ionesco, Beckett, Schehadé and Keineg) and considers, from a genetic perspective, the role of the writers in the stage production. It highlights the efforts of dramatists to assert their legitimacy and questions the place of the text in the creators’ debates. The third part of the study examines the range of functions of the director during the writing process and explores the possible influence it has on the poetry of dramatists and on the printed work.

The Memory and The Legacy: The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade - The Young Company 1974-2001, is a history of the children's theatre of Brigham Young University. The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade - The Young Company acts as a training ground for graduate students working in theatre for young audiences. Then directing a production for The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade - The Young Company, students are instructed to perform all functions required of a professional company. As the The Whittlin' Whistlin' Brigade - The Young Company (WWB-TYC) spends much of its performance time on tour, those responsibilities are relegated to the students. Developed and headed by Dr. Harold R. Oaks of Brigham Young University, WWB-TYC produced children's theatre for local, regional, national and international audiences. The history includes production photos, budgets and business plans. A survey of former company members was conducted assessing the long-term affect on participants in relationship to their personal and professional life. This thesis is also in electronic form using animation, musical and narrative audio, an interactive menu and a photo-gallery. Text is available in HTML and PDF format with 'print' capability. A tutorial is included to aid in possible navigational concerns. Working within an electronic medium has facilitated the accessibility of a considerable collection of material highly diverse in nature. Twenty-seven years of production notes, performance programs, production photos, music, scripts, budgets, permissions, required licensing, travel arrangements and itineraries, performance schedules, educational/clientele data and historical developmental notes of the children's theater program itself presented not only volumes of material but also brought specific inclusion needs. In addition, the results of a program survey of the program will be presented in graph and chart format. Determined needs include: 1. A history of children's theater both nationally and at Brigham Young University. 2. Supporting documentation of program development and implementation. 3. Survey results of WWB-TYC participants.

TITLE: History of the State Film Theatre AUTHOR: Bc. Markéta Pechačová DEPARTMENT: Katedra dějin a didaktiky dějepisu SUPERVISOR: doc. PhDr. Alena Míšková, PhD. ABSTRACT: This thesis endeavours to comprehensively describe history of the State Film Theatre since its foundation (as the Film Studio Theatre) in 1948 until it was definitively closed down in 1951. The opening chapter gives insight into cultural policy objectives and institutional structure of Czechoslovak theatres at the turn of 1940s and 1950s. The remaining three chapters, covering the time scope of particular theatre seasons, monitor organisational, dramaturgic, ideological and artistic transformations of the State Film Theatre; these changes were related particularly to social and cultural-political development in Czechoslovakia. The content of the thesis draws chiefly from primary sources: theatre programmes, scripts, theatre reviews, period articles, official records and other archival materials; thanks to these sources it was possible to authentically document both forms of particular productions and the position of the State Film Theatre within a broader cultural and social context. KEYWORDS: The State Film Theatre, The Film Studio Theatre, history of theatre, cultural politics, Czechoslovakia 1948-1951

Este trabalho analisa quatro peças brasileiras dos anos 1970: Um grito parado no ar (Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, 1973), Rasga coração (Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, 1974), Gota dágua (Chico Buarque e Paulo Pontes, 1975) e O último carro (João das Neves, 19641967-1976). Escritas por diferentes dramaturgos, essas peças são representantes de um projeto de teatro que se constituiu na década de 1970, marcado pelas tentativas de retomada dos palcos brasileiros com uma dramaturgia cujas principais características são a valorização da palavra como eixo estruturante das peças, o investimento na busca por uma síntese formal de acordo com a matéria histórica a ser representada e a reafirmação do compromisso com o engajamento. A análise das peças permitiu identificar a forte presença de elementos da cultura política comunista e a proximidade de seu discurso com o projeto político do Partido Comunista Brasileiro (PCB), o que permitiu caracterizá-las como dramaturgia de matriz comunista. As tentativas de retomada dos palcos se deram através de um processo de avaliação da prática teatral no qual os dramaturgos reafirmaram alguns dos pressupostos que haviam tido no horizonte de sua escrita dramatúrgica até então, ao mesmo tempo em que tentaram abandonar outros. Tentando deixar de lado o idealismo com que haviam lido a realidade brasileira e a teleologia revolucionária com que haviam representado os personagens populares, esses dramaturgos não abandonaram a defesa de uma estratégia de resistência ao regime militar através de uma frente ampla pela redemocratização. O frentismo, porém, surge reconfigurado, tendo seu foco deslocado de uma frente policlassista para uma frente entre membros de uma mesma classe social cujas estratégias de ação política divergiam. A busca por uma síntese formal sugere a constituição de uma \"frente estética\" em que diferentes matrizes teóricas foram conjugadas, evidenciando a importância da pesquisa formal para o teatro engajado. No entanto, apesar dessas características convergentes, as peças não deixam de expressar tensões entre si e expõem os impasses e contradições que marcaram a modernização do Brasil nos anos 1970. / This work analyzes four brazilian plays from the 1970s: Um grito parado no ar (Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, 1973), Rasga coração (Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, 1974), Gota dágua (Chico Buarque e Paulo Pontes, 1975) and O último carro (João das Neves, 1964/1967-1976). Written by different playwrights, these plays are representative of a theatre project constituted in the 1970s, marked by attempts to retake brazilian stages with a dramaturgy whose main characteristics are the valorization of the word as the structuring axis of the plays, the investment in the search for a formal synthesis according to the historical matter to be represented and the reaffirmation of commitment to political engagement. The analysis of the plays allowed to identify the strong presence of elements of the communist political culture and the proximity of its discourse with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)s political project, which allowed to characterize them as dramaturgy of communist matrix. The attempts to retake the stage took place through a evaluation of theatrical practice in which the playwrights reaffirmed some of the assumptions they had had in the horizon of their dramaturgical writing until then, while attempting to abandon others. Trying to put aside the idealism with which they had read the Brazilian reality and the revolutionary teleology with which they had represented the popular characters, these playwrights did not abandon the defense of a strategy of resistance to the military regime through a front for redemocratization. But the front strategy appears reconfigured, with its focus shifting from a polyclassist front to a front among members of the same social class whose strategies for political action diverged. The search for a formal synthesis suggests the constitution of an \"aesthetic front\" in which different theoretical matrices were conjugated, evidencing the importance of the formal research for the engaged theater. However, despite these convergent characteristics, the plays express tensions among themselves and expose the impasses and contradictions that marked the modernization of Brazil in the 1970s.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The decade of 1970 experienced a period of transition in which the plan of opening politics , proposed by Geisel s Government (1974-1979), shown the signs of a succession of measures that indicated one acting dynamics very full of ambiguous questions and retrocessions. At the cultural field, the censorship presented on a systematic way since the AI-5 (Institutional Act nº 5), in 1968 maintained itself active in the sense to bar that spectacles and theatrical texts should approach the brazilian social reality on their arguments. In the midst of the arbitrary and repressive pratices, the theatrical class constituted a resistance front, on which the utilization of metaphores, analogies, parables and allegories represented strategies of intervention in the social reality, paradoxically contributing for one of the most fecunds moments of the brazilian theatre s production. On this conjuncture, we detached in this research the political and cultural militance of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, a responsible person for a profitable dramatistic production along of the 1960/1970 decades. And specially, we analysed the dramatic text Ponto de Partida (1976), one politcal parable whose thematic allowed a reflection about the will, the authoritarian Government and the manipulating strategies of power. His writing, motived by one incident with great impact in the nation, the murder of the journalist Vladimir Herzog by the repression s organizations of the 2nd Army (Armed Forces), also made possible a dialogue with a historical context when was processing one series of social demonstrations in this country to demand the human rights defence and for the return of the State of Right. Thus, to evaluate the thematic possibilities of the theatrical text, to recover the historical incidents that were the motivation for the writing of the dramatic play as well as the repercussion of its staging with the aim to verify the identification between the audience and this spectable, at last, all these questions became privileged points of reflection on this work. / A década de 1970 vivenciou um período de transição onde o projeto de abertura política , proposto pelo Governo Geisel (1974-1979), caracterizou-se por uma sucessão de medidas que indicavam uma dinâmica de atuação repleta de ambigüidades e retrocessos. No campo cultural, a censura presente de forma sistemática desde a implantação do AI-5, em 1968 manteve-se atuante no sentido de coibir que espetáculos e textos teatrais abordassem em sua temática a realidade social brasileira. Em meio às práticas arbitrárias e repressivas, a classe teatral constituiu uma frente de resistência, na qual o uso de metáforas, analogias, parábolas e alegorias representaram estratégias de intervenção na realidade social, contribuindo, paradoxalmente, para um dos momentos mais fecundos da produção do teatro brasileiro. Nessa conjuntura, destacamos nesta pesquisa a militância política e cultural de Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, responsável por uma profícua produção dramatúrgica ao longo das décadas de 1960/1970. Em especial, analisamos o texto dramático Ponto de Partida (1976), uma parábola política cuja temática permitiu uma reflexão sobre o arbítrio, o Estado autoritário e as estratégias de manipulação do poder. Sua escrita, motivada por um acontecimento de grande impacto nacional, o assassinato do jornalista Vladimir Herzog pelos órgãos de repressão do II Exército, possibilitou também um diálogo com um contexto histórico quando se processavam no país uma série de manifestações sociais, reivindicando a defesa dos direitos humanos e pela volta ao Estado de Direito. Desse modo, avaliar as possibilidades temáticas do texto teatral, recuperar os acontecimentos históricos que motivaram a escrita do texto dramático bem como a repercussão de sua encenação, com o intuito de verificar as identificações que o público estabeleceu com este espetáculo, tornaram-se pontos privilegiados de reflexão nesta pesquisa. / Mestre em História

Este trabalho analisa quatro peças brasileiras dos anos 1970: Um grito parado no ar (Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, 1973), Rasga coração (Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, 1974), Gota dágua (Chico Buarque e Paulo Pontes, 1975) e O último carro (João das Neves, 19641967-1976). Escritas por diferentes dramaturgos, essas peças são representantes de um projeto de teatro que se constituiu na década de 1970, marcado pelas tentativas de retomada dos palcos brasileiros com uma dramaturgia cujas principais características são a valorização da palavra como eixo estruturante das peças, o investimento na busca por uma síntese formal de acordo com a matéria histórica a ser representada e a reafirmação do compromisso com o engajamento. A análise das peças permitiu identificar a forte presença de elementos da cultura política comunista e a proximidade de seu discurso com o projeto político do Partido Comunista Brasileiro (PCB), o que permitiu caracterizá-las como dramaturgia de matriz comunista. As tentativas de retomada dos palcos se deram através de um processo de avaliação da prática teatral no qual os dramaturgos reafirmaram alguns dos pressupostos que haviam tido no horizonte de sua escrita dramatúrgica até então, ao mesmo tempo em que tentaram abandonar outros. Tentando deixar de lado o idealismo com que haviam lido a realidade brasileira e a teleologia revolucionária com que haviam representado os personagens populares, esses dramaturgos não abandonaram a defesa de uma estratégia de resistência ao regime militar através de uma frente ampla pela redemocratização. O frentismo, porém, surge reconfigurado, tendo seu foco deslocado de uma frente policlassista para uma frente entre membros de uma mesma classe social cujas estratégias de ação política divergiam. A busca por uma síntese formal sugere a constituição de uma \"frente estética\" em que diferentes matrizes teóricas foram conjugadas, evidenciando a importância da pesquisa formal para o teatro engajado. No entanto, apesar dessas características convergentes, as peças não deixam de expressar tensões entre si e expõem os impasses e contradições que marcaram a modernização do Brasil nos anos 1970. / This work analyzes four brazilian plays from the 1970s: Um grito parado no ar (Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, 1973), Rasga coração (Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, 1974), Gota dágua (Chico Buarque e Paulo Pontes, 1975) and O último carro (João das Neves, 1964/1967-1976). Written by different playwrights, these plays are representative of a theatre project constituted in the 1970s, marked by attempts to retake brazilian stages with a dramaturgy whose main characteristics are the valorization of the word as the structuring axis of the plays, the investment in the search for a formal synthesis according to the historical matter to be represented and the reaffirmation of commitment to political engagement. The analysis of the plays allowed to identify the strong presence of elements of the communist political culture and the proximity of its discourse with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)s political project, which allowed to characterize them as dramaturgy of communist matrix. The attempts to retake the stage took place through a evaluation of theatrical practice in which the playwrights reaffirmed some of the assumptions they had had in the horizon of their dramaturgical writing until then, while attempting to abandon others. Trying to put aside the idealism with which they had read the Brazilian reality and the revolutionary teleology with which they had represented the popular characters, these playwrights did not abandon the defense of a strategy of resistance to the military regime through a front for redemocratization. But the front strategy appears reconfigured, with its focus shifting from a polyclassist front to a front among members of the same social class whose strategies for political action diverged. The search for a formal synthesis suggests the constitution of an \"aesthetic front\" in which different theoretical matrices were conjugated, evidencing the importance of the formal research for the engaged theater. However, despite these convergent characteristics, the plays express tensions among themselves and expose the impasses and contradictions that marked the modernization of Brazil in the 1970s.

Orientador: Larissa de Oliveira Neves Catalão / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T20:00:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Villares_RafaeldeSouza_M.pdf: 1182202 bytes, checksum: 4f705386abb5a435f7906133c43dd6a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Oduvaldo Vianna Filho é reconhecidamente um dos dramaturgos brasileiros de maior relevância da década de sessenta e setenta. Em sua obra buscou retratar o panorama político nacional, refletindo sobre questões como o imperialismo norte-americano, o papel da militância, a realidade do operariado e do camponês, a universidade, enfim, temáticas que, apesar de serem classificadas como "datadas", ainda hoje geram controvérsias. Dessa forma, esta dissertação de mestrado buscou aprofundar os estudos sobre a obra de Vianinha, tendo como foco central a análise das seguintes peças: A mais-valia vai acabar, seu Edgar; Brasil versão brasileira; O Auto dos 99%; Quatro quadras de terra e Os Azeredos mais os Benevides, produzidas pelo dramaturgo no período em que esteve vinculado ao Centro Popular de Cultura (CPC) da União Nacional dos Estudantes (UNE). As análises foram realizadas com base nas obras de alguns teóricos que exerceram influências sobre o trabalho de Vianinha como, por exemplo, Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator dentre outros. Sendo assim, foram utilizados os conceitos de teatro épico, teatro de revista e agitprop, fundamentais para a compreensão das peças. O resultado deste trabalho visa demonstrar que as obras dramáticas em questão possuem valor artístico e não apenas histórico, social ou político. / Abstract: Oduvaldo Vianna Filho is recognized as one of Brazil's most significant playwrights of the sixties and seventies. In his work he tried to portray the national political landscape, reflecting about some subjects ,like the American imperialism, the role of militancy, the reality of the laborer and peasant, the university, finally, it shows that, despite of being classified as "dated" it still generates controversy. Therefore, this dissertation brought to deep studies on the work of "Vianinha", having as its central focus the analysis of the following plays : "A mais valia vai acabar ", "Seu Edgar";" Brazil versão brasileira";" O Auto dos 99%", " Quatro quadras de terra" and " Os Azeredos e mais Benivedes", produced by the playwright in the period he was linked to the Center for Popular Culture (CPC) of the National Students Union (UNE). The analyzes were performed based on the works of some theorists who have exercised influence on the work of Vianinha such as Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator among others. Therefore, concepts of epic theater were used , musical theater and agitprop, essential for understanding the plays. The result of this paper demonstrates that the dramatic works in question have not only social,historical or political value, but it has more: artistic value. / Mestrado / Artes da Cena / Mestre em Artes da Cena