by Gil Vicente · Quasi Edições · tapa dura · ISBN 9789895522972
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«Auto da Barca do Inferno» is the play by Gil Vicente published by Quasi Edições in hardback (36 pages, in Portuguese).
In this classic of Portuguese theatre, several characters approach a boat and face the decision of their final destiny. Throughout their dialogues, the play raises themes of morality and destiny, with a critical look at the value of human actions.
The illustrations are by Gabriela Sotto Mayor. Published in 2008, the edition presents the text in Brazilian Portuguese and is adapted.
Due to its adapted and illustrated nature, it is a good gateway for younger readers to classical Portuguese theatre.
Gil Vicente, called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Also noted as a lyric poet, Vicente worked in Spanish as much as he worked in Portuguese and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama.
