Lady Storm

In the middle of the night, A. is taken by surprise when she gets a phone call from an unknown man with a warning: a package will be delivered to her address. Three days later, she gets the handwritten journals of Mércia Albuquerque, a lawyer from Pernambuco who represented hundreds of political prisoners during Brazil’s civil-military dictatorship.

Based on the stories of this witness and fighter against the horrors committed by the military regime, Sílvia Gomez’s Lady Tempestade explores the space of invention between document and fiction. The narrative investigates the connection between events that occurred and that seem to repeat and update themselves — things that “happened happen will happen” — to state the importance of memory and records for building new futures.

The book features an introduction by the author and essays by Yara de Novaes, the play's director, Andrea Beltrão, who stars in the monologue, and Samarone Lima, journalist. Lady Tempestade was nominated for three Shell awards, in the Playwriting, Direction and Actress categories.

About the author
Sílvia Gomez is a journalist, playwright and screenwriter, author of Mantenha fora do alcance do bebê (winner of the APCA for best playwright and Aplauso Brasil, in 2015), Neste mundo louco, nesta noite brilhante (nominated for the São Paulo Shell in 2019) and A árvore (Editora Cobogó, 2021), among other plays. Her plays have been translated into German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, English, Italian, Mandarin and Swedish, and read and produced in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Scotland, Spain, England, Mexico and Portugal. Since 2017, she also dedicates her time to drama education, the theme of her master’s thesis at Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

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, in 2019, Dramaturgia Francesa, the French collection, and, in 2022, Dramaturgia Holandesa, the Dutch collection. Over 70 important theater authors have been published, with over 100 titles, including various award-winning plays.

Specifications
Title Lady Tempestade [Lady Storm]
Author Sílvia Gomez
Language Portuguese
Page count 96
Publisher Cobogó
ISBN 978-65-5691-159-5
Format Softcover
Size 13 x 19 cm
Year 2024
Price R$ 52.00