Rosario theatrical plot. The emergence of the independent circuit as an area of tension between the professional and filodramátic circuit

Abstract

This work aims to investigate the formation of Rosario independent circuit in mid-twentieth century. It reconstructs the story of the emergence of the first theaters in the mid-nineteenth century and the formation of a professional circuit, until the emergence in the late nineteenth century of a filodramático circuit. Then, it reconstructs the arrives in town of the principles of the Independent Theater under the assumption that they brings a new way of organization of the relations and means of production. We understand that the reappropriation of the principles of independent theater by local artists enabled the development of a lasting and cumulative local production, enabled the emergence of a theatrical tradition in Rosario and built the space for the local production within the cultural field in the city.