Theatre Questions History

Abstract

This article seeks to contribute to the construction of the field of theatrical historical research in Chile, making visible the limits of the historiography developed within the framework of modernity, where the “predominant models are linear, developmental —in general— and, often, progressive” (Postlewait 160). Bringing together elements of the discussion of Anglophone historiography and recent Chilean case studies, I will address issues related to the treatment of a significant amount of data and how its visualization opens new questions to the problems of the linear and continuous historical narrative, and to the nature of the historical object in theatre. For this purpose, I will use the results of the research “Socio-political history of Chile through the imaginary theatre of Rodrigo Pérez”.