Author(s): Vasconcelos, Ana Isabel
Date: 2003
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/1559
Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade Aberta
Subject(s): Literatura portuguesa; História do teatro; Gil Vicente, ca 1465-ca 1536; Almeida Garrett, 1799-1854
It was in 1834 that two Portuguese students in the University of Hamburg found one of the earliest editions of the masterpieces of Gil Vicente and decided to publish them in several volumes. In 1836 the liberal revolution took place in Portugal and Garrett wrote a proposal to renew the theatre in his homeland. That proposal was made law and that enabled all to believe that a new period was arriving. Thus, Garrett wrote a play called Um Auto de Gil Vicente, as an honour to Gil Vicente, considered as the basis of the Portuguese Theatre. That drama was performed several times and it was considered as the «model» for the new Portuguese Theatre. Our paper will analyse that text.
