Nelson Rodrigues: Selected Plays

Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva (Wedding Dress), considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters'' psychology and its use of colloquial dialogue. He went on to write many other seminal plays and today is ...