A Portuguese King on London stage: reception and appropriation of news about Sebastian of Portugal and Ksar El-Kebir in English early modern theater (1588-1631).

• Grant number: 23/09071-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: January 01, 2024
• End date: April 30, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Luis Filipe Silverio Lima
• Grantee: Aline Davies Moreira
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/17417-6 - A Portuguese King on London stage: reception and appropriation of news about Sebastian of Portugal and Ksar El-Kebir in English early modern theatre (1588-1631)., BE.EP.MS

Abstract

The project aims to study the reception and appropriation of sebastic news in English early modern theater between 1588 and 1631. It will analyze three plays, written, printed or staged during this period, in which the Battle of Alcazar or the episode of the "false Sebastian" of Venice were dramatized. It intends to observe the news reception in England and its repercussion in the political debates during such turbulent times. The English crown was facing troubles because of its relations with Spain and Portugal as well as the dynastic disputes. At the same time, the theatrical market was going under dramatic changes. Therefore, this research seeks to understand how each of these plays would have mobilized the sebastic news in this shifting tableaux and how, by analyzing them, it is possible to better comprehend the political and cultural transformations of this period.