Teatro Maria Vitória
In Teatro Maria Vitória, a Lisbon theatre in the Parque Mayer “Broadway” district, revues—Portugal’s *Teatro de Revista*—set the rhythm of popular entertainment for decades. The venue opened on 1 July 1922, taking its name from the fado singer Maria Vitória, who died in 1915. It began life as a wooden building, and in its early performances playwrights Ernesto Rodrigues, Félix Bermudes, and João Bastos contributed under the pseudonym “Troianos.” On 10 May 1986, a major fire destroyed the building and its contents, forcing the company to perform temporarily at Teatro Maria Matos. Even so, the theatre remained a launchpad: in 1940, Amália Rodrigues made her debut as an actress there, and later international attractions brought crowds, including the Brazilian Bibi Ferreira. …
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