Expulsos, como os atores italianos do Palais de Bourgogne. Sonho de Gianni Ratto e triste fim do Teatro Novo (1968)

Teatro Novo trajectory, restored by research in unpublished sources of the Gianni Ratto Archive (SP), fixed a “stable theatre” project in Rio de Janeiro (1968) opposing dictatorship and being closed, after eight mounts of intense activity. We analise the implanting ideas and resources, by which Ratto aimed a self-reliable production and a resident team, a multipurpose repertoire that included dance and music besides dramatic theatre, a living school for public as well as artistic class formation. Inconsistencies between project and practices are symptoms of Teatro Novo possible relevance in the counter-cultural panorama although his legacy has been ignored, so far, in Brazilian theatre and culture history.