This article was published in Stabroek News ‘Arts on Sunday’ on May 9, 1999 having been reprinted from The Portuguese of Guyana: A Study in Culture and Conflict by Prof Menezes.
By Mary Noel Menezes, RSM.
It was not too long after the Madeiran emigrants had begun to put down their roots in British Guiana that their inherent love for drama surfaced and found expression on the stage. From the record it seemed that formal Portuguese drama made its appearance in Demerara when a group of Portuguese amateurs presented a dramatic
