Crucial Two One

In Crucial Dois Um, Paulo Scott’s playwriting debut, the writer weaves an universe divided by insurmountable walls, commanded by the economical dispute over drinking water. The plot gains dystopian airs when we’re presented to the Twenty-One Return program, whose goal is to provide 21 hours of survival so that their select clientele might deal with bureaucratic, professional and personal matters. It's in this scenery of frayed moral and ethical limits that we see the meeting of two people attempting to preserve their dignity in a society whose only premise seems to be maintaining power.

The edition, featuring a foreword by playwright and director Inez Viana and an afterword by writer Veronica Stigger, also features a cover by designer André Victor, based on the work of artist Carla Santana.

“I still haven’t found the power of playwriting, but, when facing a text such as Crucial Dois Um, which subverts order, shakes up by reading inertia, and guides me in a feverish read full of epiphanies, I do think it has the power of saving me!” – Inez Viana

“The play, that won its first award in 2006, is still extremely current in its allegorical view of Brazilian society. In the conflict of employee versus employee, both of them lose. Both will always lose if they continue to serve those who own the decisive goods for life, or those who rule them, no matter how high they might currently be in the social scale.” – Veronica Stigger

About the author
Paulo Scott was born in 1966, in Porto Alegre, and is the author of five novels, a short story collection adapted into film by Gustavo Spolidoro, seven poetry books and the graphic novel Meu mundo versus Marta, in partnership with Rafael Sica. He won the Machado de Assis prize from Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, for his novel Habitante irreal (2011); the APCA, for his poetry collection Mesmo sem dinheiro comprei um esqueite novo (2014); and the Açorianos de Literatura, for his novels O ano em que vivi de literatura (2015) and Marrom e Amarelo (2019), that was also an International Booker Prize 2022 finalists. His work has been published in Portugal, England, Germany, France, Croatia, United States, Mexico and Argentina. Crucial Dois Um is his first play.

About the collection
The Dramaturgia collection has, since 2012, published writing by Brazilian and international playwrights. The books help in building a memory of current theater, making a new record in the contemporary theater scene. In 2015, Cobogó also launched Dramaturgia Espanhola, the Spanish collection, and, in 2019, Dramaturgia Francesa, the French collection, and Dramaturgia para Crianças, for children. Over 50 authors have been published, with 80 titles.

Specifications
Title Crucial Dois Um [Crucial Two One]
Collection Dramaturgia
Author Paulo Scott
Language Portuguese
Page count 128
Publisher Cobogó
ISBN 978-65-5691-107-6
Cover André Victor
Format Softcover
Size 13x19
Year 2023