Maria Clara Machado

Maria Clara Machado was a Brazilian playwright, who specialized on plays for children.

Biography

Daughter of writer Aníbal Machado, she studied theater in Paris. On her return to Brazil, she founded the acting school O Tablado, in Rio de Janeiro. O Tablado was where many Brazilian actors learnt the trade and was the venue where she directed her own plays.
Among those, Pluft o Fantasminha , A Bruxinha que Era Boa, Maroquinhas Fru-Fru, O Rapto das Cebolinhas, A Menina e o Vento, O Cavalinho Azul, Tribobó City, and many others.
Machado received a number of awards including the Prêmio Machado de Assis from the Brazilian Academy of Letters.