“A oncinha Peteleca” by Lúcia Di Sanctis: construction of collection and creative process

Abstract

We propose a critical reading of the theatrical text “A oncinha Peteleca”, by Lúcia Maria Dias dos Santos / Lúcia Di Sanctis (1946 – 2013), whose tradition consists of four testimonies, dating from 1973 and 1984, in its relation with documents from the show, the Censorship and the press, which belong to Lúcia Di Sanctis Collection, a virtual collection that integrates the Archive of Censored Theatrical Texts. For this, we used contributions from Textual Criticism, Genetic Criticism / Process Criticism and Sociological Criticism, as well as the knowledge from Philology, Sociology of Texts, Archival Studies and Cultural History, understanding the text as a material, cultural and knowledge object (Grésillon, 2007) and creation as a dynamic, relational and unfinished process (Salles, 2006). Lúcia Di Sanctis, a black artist from Salvador, with a degree in Theatrical Direction and a degree in Arts, has worked as an actress, playwright, producer, director and teacher. With her multiple look, she built a political and pedagogical children's theater, writing, adapting and producing texts and shows in Salvador – Bahia, despite the difficulties experienced at that time, with regard to the censorship institutionalized by the Military Dictatorship, the focus on productions developed in the southeast region and the lack of resources for artistic-cultural performances.