Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction (Eva Paulino Bueno and Robson Corrêa de Camargo) 1 I. Establishing Historical Markers Weaving the Narrative of the Construction of the History of Brazilian Theater in the 1970s (Jacó Guinsburg and Rosangela Patriota) 13 Factory Workers on Stage: The Creation of Grupo de Teatro Forja in São Paulo's Industrial Region (Tin Urbinatti) 36 History and Stories of Animation Theater in Brazil, 1970-2010 (Wagner Cintra) 53 For the Future of a History of the Theater in Rio Grande do Sul (Taís Ferreira) 72 Children's Theater in Brazil: History, Pedagogy and Art (Leny Fernandes Zulim) 91 Moments of Street Theater in Brazil: A Brief Historical Review (Licko Turle and Jussara Trindade) 108 Family-Circus, ­Theater-Circus: It Is Theater in the Circus (Erminia Silva) 126 II. Practices and Experiments Imbrication of Art and Politics: Group Theater in the City of São Paulo and Movements Against Barbarism (Alexandre Mate) 143 The Sound and Meaning of Accents: A Study of the Paraíba Case (Adriana Fernandes) 166 Melodrama and Companhia dos Atores of Rio de Janeiro: New Dramatic Forms for an Old Genre (Robson Corrêa de Camargo) 183 Hybrid Aesthetic Identity in Capitão e a Sereia by the Group Clowns de Shakespeare in Rio Grande do Norte (Erlon Cherque Pinto) 206 Shared Memories in a Brasília Drama (Rita de Almeida Castro) 222 Beckett with Curupira Feet: Group Máskara, Readings and Receptions to Beckett in the Interior of Brazil (Eduardo José Reinato) 233 About the Contributors 247 Index 251.