CHABY PINHEIRO E O FLUXO CULTURAL ENTRE BRASIL E PORTUGAL

Abstract

This paper’s aim is to analyze the memoirs of Portuguese actor António Augusto de Chaby Pinheiro (1873-1933), also known as Chaby Pinheiro, heeding the procedures of biographical writing noticed in his memoirs, as well as the issue of the cultural flux between Brazil and Portugal fostered by the theater as a means of artistic expression, and, finally, the construction of the biographer’s image by means of the recurrence to diverse enunciative sources. The writing of the author’s memoirs has been interrupted due to his passing away, being completed with a variety of cuttings that he himself used to collect, among other pieces of information accessed by the organizers of the book. The author’s narrative, as well as the numerous cuttings it consists of, makes reference not only to his figure, but also to a range of issues and theatrical personalities. Such records, as well as the writing of his memoirs, prove relevant in the sense of their contribution to an understanding of the ways through which the theatrical activity took shape at the time, and of the value society used to attribute to this practice.