Coelho, Rui Pina2016-01-222016-01-2220100012-2041http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/5599ABSTRACT - This text is divided in two parts. Firstly, I deal with the evolution on Portuguese theatre from the post-second world war period until present day. I’m focusing on the experimentalism of the forties, characterized by an urge for renewal and modernization; the constitution of a highly politicized independent theatre movement, in the seventies; and the plurality of contemporary Portuguese theatre. Secondly, I deal with the alleged inability of Portuguese writers for playwriting, signalling the most significant names of the post Carnation Revolution, on the 25th of April 1974, to present days.engPortuguese theatre historyContemporary portuguese dramatic literatureExperimental theatrejournal article