Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

Quando as Máquinas Param

Rate this book

Unknown Binding

2 people want to read

About the author

Plínio Marcos

32 books9 followers
From a modest family, Plinio Marcos just attended only the primary school.

This artist worked as coppersmith before the trajectory inside the theater.

He wanted to be a football player and he actually got inn at Portuguesa Santista Football Club.

Some work at circus climbed his coming to radio and television Santos during the 50's.

The renowned, avant-guarde and controvercial writer and journalist Pagu during the year 1958 was responsible for his transition from the Circus to the Theatre. In the same year he writes Barrela. The play is about rape crime inside a prison. The play, by his rude language, remain banned for 21 years after the first presentation.

In 1960 he moved to São Paulo, where he also worked as a street vendor, even being active on TV Tupi, in the company Cacilda Becker and theater Nydia lycian.
From 1963 he produced texts for TV de Vanguarda. He continued working at TV Tupi as production techinician.
The following year he produced the television show "Our People, Our Song."
In 1965 he wrote a play that was only one day on stage.

In 1968 he acts at a blockbuster soup opera "Beto Rockfeller." He got amazing good critics both from public & academics.

In the 1970s, Plinio Marcos invested again in the theater, he even got to sell the tickets at the entrance of the playhouses. At the end of the play, he went up on stage and talk personally with the audience.

In the next decade, even with the current censorship, he got more mature, intensely productive and kept continiously guided by popular culture, he wrote in the newspaper Ultima Hora, Evening Gazette, Guaru News, Folha de S. Paulo, Folha da Tarde, People's Daily (Campinas), and also in Veja magazine as well as collaborate with several publications.

After the end of censorship, Plinio continued to write novels and plays, both for adults and children. He became lecturer, reaching to 150 lectures-shows a year, always dressed in black.

Plinio Marcos was translated, published and staged in French, Spanish, English and German; thesis studied in sociolinguistics, semiotics, psychology of religion, drama and philosophy in universities in Brazil and abroad. Received major national awards in all activities embraced in theater, film, television and literature, as an actor, director, writer and playwright.

He died aged 64, in São Paulo, by multiple organ failure as a result of a stroke.

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
5 (31%)
4 stars
9 (56%)
3 stars
2 (12%)
2 stars
0 (0%)
1 star
0 (0%)
Displaying 1 of 1 review
Profile Image for Dara Magalhães.
54 reviews
May 30, 2024
"Eu não sei mais nada, Zé. Sempre estive do seu lado... Eu era feliz, Zé. Agora, não sei."

A dor que eu senti lendo isso...
Meu maior sonho como atris nesse momento é ser capaz de interpretar a Nina e fazer jus à ela. Conseguir passar toda a emoção e drama dessa história tão real.
Displaying 1 of 1 review

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.