''O Dinheiro'' is a
theatrical comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy ending ...
in two acts, written by Brazilian dramatist
Miguel M. Abrahão
Miguel Martins Abrahão is a prolific Brazilian writer and dramatist, author of numerous plays and books.
Life
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 25, 1961, Miguel M. Abrahão spent much of his youth in São Paulo, and currently, resides i ...
in 1976 and published first in 1983 in
Brazil.
'Brazilian Society of playwrights''
Plot summary
''O Dinheiro'', written in 1976 and revised by the author in other opportunities, is the best-known work of dramaturgy by Miguel M. Abrahão
Miguel Martins Abrahão is a prolific Brazilian writer and dramatist, author of numerous plays and books.
Life
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 25, 1961, Miguel M. Abrahão spent much of his youth in São Paulo, and currently, resides i ...
. Combining fakeness, comedy and detective's elements, this story is about a family that is made prisoner in an isolated mansion for twelve years, just to receive uncle Josafa Paranhos I's inheritance, following the rules of a really creepy will.
Each character presents a pathological deviation, all linked to the habit of collecting something (syringes, boards, men, spiders), or fixed ideas (such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, ET or famous characters in American films
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At the end of the twelve years, advocates of Josafá require that hosts in the mansion, a young man intern: ''Alexandre Pousa''. And, coincidentally with his arrival, apparently accidental deaths begin to occur at the mansion, leaving the question in the air: murders or fatalities?
Bibliography
* COUTINHO, Afrânio; SOUSA, J. Galante de. ''Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira''. São Paulo: Global; Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Academia Brasileira de Letras, 2001: 2v.
* ''Sociedade Brasileira de Autores Teatrais''
* National Library of Brazil - ''Archives''
References
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External links
- Digital Library of Literature of UFSC
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THEATRE
'Brazilian Society of playwrights''
1976 plays
Brazilian plays