A Pena e a Lei
1959
First Published
4.17
Average Rating
160
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Além de divertir o leitor, a peça - premiada no Festival Latino-Americano de Teatro - fala dos dias atuais ao analisar questões sociais como trabalho na usina, reivindicações dos trabalhadores, companhias estrangeiras, fome e prostituição.
Avg Rating
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Author
Ariano Suassuna
Author · 10 books
Ariano Suassuna (born João Pessoa, 1927) is a Brazilian playwright and author. He is in the "Movemento Amorial". He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco. Four of his plays have been filmed and he is considered one of Brazil's greatest living playwrights. He is also an important regional writer doing various novels set in the Northeast of Brazil. He received an honorary doctorate at a ceremony performed at a circus. He is the author of, among other works, the "Auto da Compadecida" and "A Pedra do Reino". He is a staunch defender of the culture of the Northeast, and his works deal with the popular culture of the Northeast.
