In 1967, Oficina staged de Andrade's play O rei da vela, performed by Renato Borghi, along with Itala Nandi and Fernando Peixoto. According to Renato Borghi "The bombastic dramaturgy made me feel acting within the roots and the Brazilian soul, in this play, Oswald de Andrade spoke of Brazil in an Anthropophagic Movement way, devouring what people had of good and of bad. Brazil on all sides, devoured him and then spit on the stage, and I signed down, blood, sweat and tears...".
