Vianinha and his political struggle in the aesthetical field under the dictatorship

Abstract

The article briefly analyses formal, thematical and political aspects in Oduvaldo Vianna Filho’s (Vianninha) dramaturgical work along its different stages, with emphasis in its middle class representation and its political dilemmas. It also seeks to articulate this portrait with the notion of an “national and popular” theatre which has guided the whole production of this author. This analysis brings about some researchers of Vianna’s work as well as articulate the specific manner in which the political conceptions of the author – being an active member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) – relates to his dramaturgical options and with the debates regarding the theatrical production of the period and the political strategic debates in the left organizations is his time, considering the abrupt changes in the political situation and the direct impacts of this in the material conditions of work and the political and thematic aspects in his plays.