Maria Angélica Ribeiro | |
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Born | Maria Angélica de Sousa Rego 5 December 1829 Paraty, Angra dos Reis, Brazil |
Died | 9 April 1880 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 50)
Nationality | Brazilian |
Maria Angélica de Sousa Rego, known as Maria Angélica Ribeiro (5 December 1829 – 9 April 1880) was a Brazilian playwright. [1] She was the first Brazilian woman to have a play staged in Brazilian theater. [2]
She was the daughter of Maria Leopoldina de Sousa Rego and Marcelino de Sousa Rego. At the age of 14, she married her drawing teacher, João Caetano Ribeiro. [1]
She wrote about twenty plays.[ citation needed]