Nr. 12 (December 2009)

In this twelfth issue of the journal, we find testimonies and reflections on what has been the work being done in Portuguese theatre and in theatre research, covering different performances and collecting important echoes of these practices. Articles dedicated to Portuguese theatre personalities who have since passed away, such as Isabel Alves Costa, with whom Sinais de Cena collaborated, stand out. From a vast collection of communications and conferences from the 52nd Annual Conference of the FIRT-IFTR (Fédération Internationale pour la Recherche Théâtrale – International Federation for Theatre Research), the thirteen themes that focused on censorship in Portugal are collected in the thematic dossier of this issue. , spanning a temporal arc that goes from the 19th century to 1974. Included in Applied Studies is the investigation that the classicists from University of Lisbon’s School of Arts and Humanities developed around Greek theatre regarding the general theme of this congress, bringing to us interesting reflections on the theater of Aeschylus, Euripides and Aristophanes . The Portfolio brings together images of shows that the novelist and playwright Hélia Correia has “provoked”, either with original pieces or with various adaptations, and which Ana Raquel Fernandes presents in a shortly introductory text. It includes an interview with Gonçalo Amorim and a Loose archive about wandering companies in Portugal in the 19th century in Portugal and an essay on carioca musical theatre. Critical essays on performances, together with the thematic dossier and academic articles, continue to structure the identity of this publication, aimed at all those interested in the performing arts.

Featured authors: Ana Cabrera | Ana Campos | Ana Isabel Vasconcelos | Ana Maria de Bulhões-Carvalho | Ana Raquel Fernandes | Bruno Schiappa | Constança Carvalho Homem | Cristina Abranches Guerreiro | Glória Bastos | Graça dos Santos | Guilherme Filipe | Hélder Wasterlain | Hugo Miguel Coelho | Isabel Vidal | José Camões | José Pedro Serra | Luiz Francisco Rebello | Manuel Filho Silva | Maria Helena Serôdio | Maria João da Rocha Afonso | Maria Mafalda Viana | Maria Virgílio Cambraia Lopes | Marta Brites Rosa | Mickael de Oliveira | Mónica Guerreiro | Paulo Eduardo Carvalho | Rui Pina Coelho | Silvina Pereira | Sofia Frade