It is a work produced for the people - Of the People, for the People, without Demagogy - it portrays the change need that
the Brazilian needed in the period considered black that began in 1964 with a society addicted políticamente and prey to a traditionalistic dramaturgia without renewal of the applause easy of the rich class. They stand out names as Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, beside Oduvaldo Viana Filho. They mold a new Brazilian theater with the molds in the American of social critic, it is STREET SCENE. Of language simple, direct, to service of the only objective, to prepare the poor for your independence, same late.
The Author of THE Sweetheart, THE Cradle of the Hero, Love in Mined Field, Champions of the World, Decadence, My Kingdom for a Horse, Odorico in the Head, THE Payer of Promises, Primícias, Ramos'' King, Santo Inquérito, Sucupira, Love her or Leave her he/she also gave us, Dramaturgia BRAZILIAN''S Invasion play - written in three acts and five pictures. It is " an engaged theater it is the notion completed that a decent artist cannot avoid to your inalienable contribution to the history. It is also a combatted theater, above all censured. But it is the best and the only of we have need ". It was rewarded twice: Prize Priest Ventura, 1962 (CICT); Prize Cláudio of Souza, 1961 (ABL); In 25/10/1962, presented for the first time, in the Theater of Rio de Janeiro, with the following ones you principal Interpret:
Bené/Átila Iório; Isabel/Jurema Magalhães; Lula/Rubens Corrêa; Lindalva/Léa Garcia; Ball Seven / Isabel Teresa; Justino/Miguel Rosemberg; Saint / Wanda Lacerda; Tonho/Joel Barcelos; Rita / Mariangela; The Prophet - Marcus Miranda; 1st Ribbon / Edson Batista; 2nd Tira/Antônio Miranda; Mané Gorila/Jardel Filho;
In the First Act, the piece presents slum inhabitant invading an abandoned building. Due to the strong rains that it had expelled them of the slum. Without home option Bené, Isabel and Lula begin the Invasion properly in the First Picture. Then followed by Justino, Saint, Saint Filho, Tonho, Malu and Rita. They were already there making love Seven and Lindalva that it confuses them with the Police in the beginning Plans. Then the others are going arriving, THE Prophet, in the first floor and the Invasion is going giving if gradativamente in the abandoned Building. He/she/you is going configuring if the one that the Residents will call Slum of the Skeleton, a lot of people poor, black, mulattos and many blended long words with unemployment and hunger.
The Second Picture is marked by the dreams, Ball Seven dreams in being composer, Bené that was soccer player he/she has hopes in the son Lula to be discovered by an olheiros of the Flamengo and to leave of the poverty. Justino dreams in returning for your earth. Malu is seduced by the Big City, he/she wants to be and to arrange a rich man. Lula falls in love with her. Rita wants to follow the sister''s steps, THE MOST TOUCHING FACT OF THIS PICTURE is Saint son''s death. Words of Justino " I knew that he won''t stand ". Before the hunger that killed the child they still appear the Ribbons to expel all, in smaller number, they retreat and all face them. They say that they will call the Mortuary wagon, honorable exit for the police.
Three days after the invasion it begins the third Picture of the Second I Tie of the piece, Everything is more inhabitable, with exception the fourth of the Prophet, Gorila enters in the first floor, he is Deputy Deodato canvasser, he/she has to remove advantage of the fact for the next elections. He/she/you was always exploring at the Slum before the rains and inundation, here it could not be of side. It went arriving assuming what it remained, and as if he/she was owner it went saying that the Deputy will put water, it shines everything direitinho. The Owner of the Building becomes aware of the Invasion, it tries the ownership reintegration, conflict again with the police and he enters Deodato full Peralva and prit winds all.
In the Fourth Picture he/she is the encounter of Malu and Lula, he asks for to do love with her and to set up a corner for the two, but she refuses. Your argument is that your earnings doesn''t sustain Bené and Isabel, imagine. It insists on marrying and she refuses saying to be young that Deodato wants the same thing that him. Deodato goes he/she give-reads a luxury cage.
Six months later, the apartments already have doors, they are not uniform, but they are doors and windows, THE PROPHET is PREACHING it is ARRESTED, Tonho defends him/it. All get afraid, they signed the document that Rafael took for the Judge. New fight of Tonho with Mané Gorila, on your family to go for Paraíba without paying. Gorilla tries to impede, Tonho tears him/her the belly with a stab. Gorilla falls in the ground, Ball Seven arrives screaming that it recorded your disk of Vinyl, it is quentinho, he/she bounces to play in the middle of the confusion, it arrives the news that Rafael is coming, all are owners of your apartments, in the middle of the confusion the Ribbons find the body of Gorilla and they leave lost lunatics the murderer''s search while all dance profusamente.
GOMES, Dias - the Invasion - 5th Edition, RJ, Bertrand, 1998.