Theater in Mato Grosso (1877-1928): Theater in Mato Grosso (1877-1928)
This paper describes how the theater was organized in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso from 1877 to 1928. In 1877 show up “Amor à Arte”, a theatrical company that apparently got prominence from the press perspective at the time. In the middle of 1928, entrepreneurs from Mato Grosso consi...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES) |
| Repository: | Caminhos da História (Montes Claros. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.periodicos.unimontes.br:article/3692 |
| Online Access: | https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/caminhosdahistoria/article/view/3692 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Teatro Mato Grosso História Diversão Entretenimento Theather History Fun Entertainment Historia Divertido Entretenimiento |
| Summary: | This paper describes how the theater was organized in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso from 1877 to 1928. In 1877 show up “Amor à Arte”, a theatrical company that apparently got prominence from the press perspective at the time. In the middle of 1928, entrepreneurs from Mato Grosso considered the theater as something promising for the entertainment market. In methodological terms, the research was characterized by a historical study, using newspapers published between 1877 and 1928, from Mato Grosso, digitized and available in the digital library Hemeroteca, in the first half of 2016. It was identified that the physical spaces of the theater were all private and had incipient structures; theatrical company/associations provided the society of the state with distractions through theatrical shows or other entertainment; these institutions did not last for long, mainly due to lack of financial resources. Besides amateur institutions, itinerant companies that established themselves there for a specific time also appeared. It is also noted that comedies, vaudevilles, operettas, zarzuelas, and magazine theater were the genres presented in Mato Grosso and the viewers were, in most cases, more elitist people. |
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