As ideias em debate no Primeiro Congresso Brasileiro de Teatro (1951).

The objective of this paper is to analyse the organization and the debates of the First Brazilian Congress of Theatre, which occurred between the 9th and 13th of July in 1951 at Rio de Janeiro. Considering that the Congress represented an attempt of intellectuals and artists to answer several questions that were discussed in the theatrical landscape at that moment, we intend to highlight the main discussions and proposals for solving the problems faced by the theatrical scene at the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]