RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 42

September 2004

 
PART XVIII:

Theater

 
See also items 264, 265, 281, 290, 459, 499, 518.

381. ALMADA NEGREIROS, José de. Obras completas. Vol. VII: Teatro. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1993. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 264 pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 972-27-0575-X. $28.00

Includes three previously unpublished pieces. Other volumes in the series are available separately as follows:

I. Poesia. 2nd ed. 1990. 255 pp., (4 ll.). Out-of-print.

II. Nome de guerra. 2nd ed. 1992. 214 pp., (5 ll.). Out-of-print.

III. Artigos no Diário de Lisboa. 1988. 130 pp., (5 ll.). Out-of-print.

IV. Contos e novelas. Prefácio de Maria António Reis. 1989. 109 pp. $18.00

V. Ensaios. Introdução de Eduardo Lourenço. 1992. 167, (1) pp. Out-of-print.

VI. Textos de intervenção. Introdução de Luísa Coelho. 1993. 196 pp., (2 ll.). $26.00

 
382. BARBOSA, Pedro. Alletsatorotastella XPTO - Kosmos.2001: libreto de ópera sobre texto electrónico sintetizado em computador (para actores, músicos e outros animais). Porto: Afrontamento, 2003. Colecção Teatro, 6. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 57 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-36-0647-X. $12.00

A novelist, dramatist, poet and literary critic, with a profound interest in the relationship between computers and literature, the author has also written stories for children. He is presently on the faculty of the Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto.
 

383. BIZARRO BORGES, Luís. Porra para o teatro! Três propostas cénicas e framentos de coisa nenhuma. Porto: Campo das Letras, 1997. Campo de Estreia, 5. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 100 pp. ISBN: 972-610-010-0. $16.00

 
384. CORREGO, Manuel. Nem putas, nem ladrões: fábula da vida real. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo do Teatro, 21. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 132 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-610-354-1. $28.00

The author, born in the Vila de Cacujães, has published at least nine volumes of plays, one of which, Um gira-discos na floresta, won the Prémio Inatel, 1991, and the Prémio Comp. Eça de Queirós, 1992. Another, O testamento do Rei D. João Segundo, was awarded the Grande Prémio de Teatro Inatel in 1998. According to the publisher's blurb on the rear cover, Manuel Córrego was awarded this same prize a second time in 2003 (for the present book?). His first work of fiction, the novel, Campo de feno com papoilas, was awarded the Prémio Ler/Fundação do Círculo de Leitores, 1998. A volume of short stories appeared in 2001. At the time the present volume appeared the author was working with the Núcleo Amador de Teatro de S. João da Madeira, where he was living, and editing the weekly newspaper O regional.

 
385. CRUZ, Duarte Ivo. O essencial sobre o teatro luso-brasileiro. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2004. Colecção Essencial, 70. 16°, orig. prtd. wrps. 95, (1) pp. One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1316-7. $10.00

 
386. EIRAS, Pedro. Um forte cheiro a maçã. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo do Teatro, 18. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 143 pp. ISBN: 972-610-717-2. $28.00

Born Porto, 1975, the author was a doctoral candidate in twentieth-century Portuguese literature at the Faculdade de Letras of the Universidade do Porto. At the time this book appeared he was docente de literatura portuguesa at the same Faculdade. He has published two previous plays, and two novels; his essays have appeared in literary reviews such as Relâmpago, Ciberkiosk, Jornal de Letras, A phala, and Século de ouro. Diverse theatrical pieces by him have been performed in Porto, Coimbra, Bratislava, Nice and Solonica.
 

387. FARIA, Alvaro. A história de Suleiman. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo do Teatro, 20. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 94 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: 972-610-707-5. $22.00

The author of this series of monologues, born in 1954, has worked in the theater as an actor, director, and author since 1973. He has also taught theater. Of a dozen texts of his which have been performed (five of which he co-authored), this is the first to be published.

 
388. LIMA, Mesquitela. Vai-te treinando desda já: peça de teatro de João Cleofas Martins (Nhô Djunga). Comentários e análise sócio-antropológica. Lisbon: Vega, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 111 pp., diagrams in text. ISBN: 972-699-759-3. $20.00

 
389. MENDONÇA, Guilherme. Tristes trópicos. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Campo do Teatro, 19. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 133 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-610-705-9. $25.00

The author was born in Moçambique in 1973. He attended the acting course at the Instituto Franco-Português in Lisbon, and continued his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, obtaining a Master in Arts degree at King's College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. This play, apparently his first book, is about a young man's struggle to discover his identity. He returns to the seat of a family of returned colonists seeking reconciliation with the colonial past; this proves impossible and results in a murder. Pages 129-33 consist of a self-interview of Guilherme Mendonça.

 
390. MOITA, Teixeira. Auanto durou Jacques? Teatro. Lisbon: INATEL, 2003. Teatro, Novos Textos. 8°,original illustrated wrappers. 73 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972-9208-51-4. $22.00

The author, born in São João da Madeira, 1959, and published for the first time at age 14, obtained his first literary prize at 15. His play Sexo, vilência e Walt Disney was translated into English and performed in Germany. His plays have been performed at the Teatro Independente de Loures, Teatro Universitário do Minho and the Companhia de Teatro Tulipa of Lisbon. There have been unauthorized performances in the United States, as well as authorized ones in Pakistan and Thailand. Poetry by this author has been included in anthologies published in the United States and England.

 
391. PORTELA, Patrícia. Operação cardume rosa: catálogo de improvisações de um grupo chamado O Resto. Lisbon: Fenda (for Teatro O Resto), 1998. Tall 12°, orig. illus. wrps. 41 pp., (1 l.), illus. ISBN: none. $15.00

Numerous illustrations by the author.

 
392. ROCHA, Jaime. O construtor, seguido de Quinze minutos de glória e O terceiro andar. Lisbon: Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores / Dom Quixote, 1998. Colecção de Teatro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, 3 série, 19. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 212 pp. ISBN: 972-20-1490-0. $20.00

Awarded the Grande Prémio de Teatro da A.P.E. The author has had published three novels and six volumes of poetry, in addition to one previous play.

 
393. SILVA, João. Tordos à deriva (teatro). Lisbon: Cavalo de Ferro, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 94 pp. ISBN: 972-8791-25-9. $20.00

This is the playwright's first published text, of "dezenas" either performed or completely unpublished. He has been working in the theater since 1968, mainly with the Grupo de Teatro TeraIeutico do Hospital Júlio de Matos.

 
394. SOARES, Fernando Luso. António Vieira, teatro. 2nd ed. Lisbon: Cosmos, 1997. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 130 pp. ISBN: 972-762-076-0. $22.00

This play based on the life of Father António Vieira was first published in 1973. A substantial section deals with his trial by the Inquisition.
 

395. VITORINO, Ana, Carlos Costa, Catarina Martins and Pedro Carreira. Visíveis na estrada através da orla do bosque. Preface by Luiz Francisco Rebello. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2003. Biblioteca "Aquela Vez" 4. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 177 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-552-025-5. $30.00

Four act play produced by Visões Uteis, a theater company founded in Porto in 1994. Ana Vitorino, Carlos Costa, Catarina Martins, and Pedro Carreira are its artistic directors.