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Author / Creator:Rodrigues, Nelson, author.
Uniform title:Plays. Selections. English
Imprint:London : Oberon Books, 2019.
©2019
Description:xix, 563 pages ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oberon modern playwrights
Modern playwrights.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11967361
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Varying Form of Title:Nelson Rodrigues : selected plays
Other authors / contributors:Nunes, Luis Artur, author of introduction, etc.
Hahn, Daniel, translator.
Finzi, Susannah, translator.
Andrade, Almiro, translator.
ISBN:9781786827159
1786827158
9781786827142
Notes:Series information from back book cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Translated from the Portuguese.
Summary:"Nelson Falcao Rodrigues (August 23, 1912--December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theatre with his play 'Vestido de Noiva' (The Wedding Dress), considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog. He went on to write many other seminal plays and today is widely regarded as Brazil's greatest playwright"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:ebook version : 9781786827142
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Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 - December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva (Wedding Dress), considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialogue. He went on to write many other seminal plays and today is widely regarded as Brazil's greatest playwright.

This volume contains brand-new translations of the plays Wedding Dress; Waltz No. 6; All Nudity Will Punished; Forgive Me for Your Betrayal; Family Portraits; Black Angel and Seven Little Kitties.

Item Description:Series information from back book cover.
Physical Description:xix, 563 pages ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781786827159
1786827158
9781786827142