Theater, slave trade and politics in imperial Rio de Janeiro (1845-1858): the cases of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna and José Bernardino de Sá

Authors

  • Luiz Costa-Lima Neto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/ArtC-V19n34-2017-1-07

Abstract

Using the minutes of the Chamber of Deputies, the lyrical feuilletons, the letters from the board of directors of the São Pedro de Alcântara Theater and the proceedings of the Questão Villa Nova do Minho, as the main sources, this article seeks to shed light on the network made up of artists, theatrical empresários, and politicians in the imperial Rio de Janeiro, on the period in which the slave trade was totally prohibited. The main figures involved will be the playwright and musician Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1815-1848) and the Portuguese baron, viscount and slave trafficker, José Bernardino de Sá (c. 1802-1855), President of the Board of the São Pedro de Alcântara Theater, where the majority of Martins Penna’s comedies were staged. The period covered in the article begins when two of his comedies were censored, being finalized with the judicial dispute for the bulk inheritance of Jose Bernardino de Sá.

Keywords: comedy; black slavery; censorship.

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Author Biography

Luiz Costa-Lima Neto

Doutor em Musicologia pela Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UniRio). Professor de música da Escola Técnica Estadual de Teatro Martins Penna (ETETMP/ RJ). Autor, entre outros livros, de Music, theater and society in the comedies of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna (1833-1846): amidst the lundu, the aria, and the alleluia. USA: Lexington Books-Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

Published

2017-10-03

How to Cite

Costa-Lima Neto, L. (2017). Theater, slave trade and politics in imperial Rio de Janeiro (1845-1858): the cases of Luiz Carlos Martins Penna and José Bernardino de Sá. ArtCultura, 19(34). https://doi.org/10.14393/ArtC-V19n34-2017-1-07

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Dossiê: História no teatro & teatro na História