Letter of profession: Coelho Netto in charge of the Drama School (1910-1934)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to interpret the work of Henrique Maximiano Coelho Netto as a director and as a professor at the Dramatic School. In this sense, we resorted to the correspondence of this man at the National Library Foundation and at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in which his life intertwined with the literary and educational scene of the city of Rio de Janeiro, then capital of the Republic. Thus, we worked from the perspective of the history of the written culture, which allowed us to interpret these letters, reflecting on the addressees and senders of this teacher, as the school's director; the purpose and context of writing; as well as the relationship he had with his interlocutors and the school mentioned before. In this way, we intend to expand the knowledge about the history of this institution created in the First Republic and, above all, about Coelho Netto, who had his performance in the magisterium overshadowed by his other facets.