PlÃnio Marcos de Barros (29 September 1935 â€" 19 November 1999) was
a Brazilian writer, actor, journalist and playwright, author of
several stage plays adapted into film. Called a "Poète maudit" by
some, his work features the life and struggles of underground
characters, touching themes such as violence, prostitution and
homosexuality, and was censored by the military government.Marcos was
born in 1935, in Santos, into a poor family. He finished only the
primary school before dropping out. Marcos worked as coppersmith,
served the Brazilian Air Force and played football for Portuguesa
Santista, but he found his way into acting working as a circus clown
when he was 17 years old. He also acted in the radio and television,
in Santos.In 1958, influenced by the writer and journalist Pagu, he
got into a Santos amateur theater company. That same year, impressed
by the true story of a young man gang-raped in prison, he wrote his
first play, Barrela. Because of its crude language, the play was
prohibited from being staged for 21 years.In 1960, at the age of 25,
he went to São Paulo, where he initially worked as a street vendor.
Later, he worked in theater, as an actor (appeared in the TV Tupi
series O Falcão Negro ), administrator and handyman, in theater
companies like Arena, Cacilda Becker and Nydia Lycia. From 1963, he
produced texts for the TV Tupi show TV de Vanguarda, where he also
worked as a technician. In 1964, year of the military coup, he made
the script for the show Nossa gente, Nossa Música. In 1965, he
managed to stage Reportagem de um tempo mau, a collage of texts by
several authors, and that was only one day in the theaters.
a Brazilian writer, actor, journalist and playwright, author of
several stage plays adapted into film. Called a "Poète maudit" by
some, his work features the life and struggles of underground
characters, touching themes such as violence, prostitution and
homosexuality, and was censored by the military government.Marcos was
born in 1935, in Santos, into a poor family. He finished only the
primary school before dropping out. Marcos worked as coppersmith,
served the Brazilian Air Force and played football for Portuguesa
Santista, but he found his way into acting working as a circus clown
when he was 17 years old. He also acted in the radio and television,
in Santos.In 1958, influenced by the writer and journalist Pagu, he
got into a Santos amateur theater company. That same year, impressed
by the true story of a young man gang-raped in prison, he wrote his
first play, Barrela. Because of its crude language, the play was
prohibited from being staged for 21 years.In 1960, at the age of 25,
he went to São Paulo, where he initially worked as a street vendor.
Later, he worked in theater, as an actor (appeared in the TV Tupi
series O Falcão Negro ), administrator and handyman, in theater
companies like Arena, Cacilda Becker and Nydia Lycia. From 1963, he
produced texts for the TV Tupi show TV de Vanguarda, where he also
worked as a technician. In 1964, year of the military coup, he made
the script for the show Nossa gente, Nossa Música. In 1965, he
managed to stage Reportagem de um tempo mau, a collage of texts by
several authors, and that was only one day in the theaters.
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