Book, Forgive me for betraying me[LS]

A husband who apologizes for having been betrayed by his wife is the motto of this Rodriguian “tragedy of customs”. Under the pretext of redeeming his brother, Raul kills his unfaithful sister-in-law and starts watching his niece in order to preserve her chastity. But young Glorinha ends up discovering the world of brothels while preparing a terrible revenge against her uncle. Controversial, the play Perdoa-me por me traíres drew applause and boos from the audience at its premiere, in 1957, and featured Nelson Rodrigues himself as an actor, playing the abject Uncle Raul, in its first season.