by Diogo Freitas do Amaral · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726627869
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«O Magnífico Reitor» is the two-act play by Diogo Freitas do Amaral, published by Gradiva in paperback (110 pages, in Portuguese).
First theatrical work by Freitas do Amaral, premiered at the Teatro da Trindade in 2001. The play takes as its starting point the prohibition of Student Day in 1962 Portugal and the subsequent academic crisis, with a fictional plot and characters. The piece addresses power, the coherence of public figures, politics and love, and the repression of students.
The subtitle of the play is «peça em 2 actos»; this is the 1st edition, published in Lisbon in 2001.
Aimed at readers of Portuguese theater and at those who wish to learn about the 1962 academic crisis and the repression of the student movement.
Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral was a Portuguese politician and law professor. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 January 1980 to 12 January 1981 and from 12 March 2005 to 3 July 2006. He also served briefly as Prime Minister in an interim capacity in the early 1980s, after the death of Francisco de Sá Carneiro.
