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Old structures for contemporary theatrical productions: a warehouse, an arena and a thrust stage

2017; Postgraduate Program in Tourism of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.36025/arj.v4i1.10142

2357-9978

Evelyn Furquim Werneck Lima,

Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

In this article we seek to understand the role of architecture in the theatrical process and the uses of old structures to house three contemporary productions: Zé Celso staged Os Sertões (The Hinterlands) in 2007 in a huge warehouse near the wharfs of Rio de Janeiro’s Docklands where he arranged the building as if it was his own Oficina Theatre in São Paulo; Miguel Vellinho staged Peer Gynt (2006) at the readapted SESC Copacabana Arena, and the Brazilian performance of Romeo and Juliet directed by Gabriel Villela was staged in 2000 at the reconstructed Globe Theatre not far from the real spot of the Shakespeare’s Globe. This version of the play combines circus acts, music, dance and Brazilian folk culture with the traditional story of the unlucky lovers. The perfect inner space of the playhouse and its architecture are discussed through the analysis of the many possibilities explored by Villela, who reinterpreted the spaces surprising the audience with a car on the stage.