O Santo e a Porca
1957
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3.98
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153
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Esta comédia em três atos, escrita em 1957, traz todas as características do Movimento Armorial, criado por Suassuna. Aproximando-se da literatura de cordel e dos folguedos populares do nordeste, narra a história de Euricão Árabe, um velho avarento devoto de santo Antônio que esconde em sua casa uma porca cheia de dinheiro.
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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.
