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Those were the dark years in which Generals Onganía, Levingston and Lanusse from the “Argentine Revolution”, took turns to replace our weak democracy.

However, the 70’s were significant in the career of GBH. This was because he worked together with the writer, dramatist and historian G G Levene and created the Historic Cycle of Theatre making a new version of “Mariano Moreno”. They play was on for three years running (Colonial and Liceum theatres), following this success came “Esteban Echeverria” and “Rivadavia, el mulato”.

In these difficult years, he became an active union worker for the White List representing the Argentine Actors Association as its secretary.

He became the founder and director of the  CAT (Argentine Cooperative of Theatre) for all age public. Some time later, he created the “ Didactic Theatre”, aimed at secondary school students in their curricular periods.

CAT, being a travelling group, specialised on performances for the public in non-traditional places. More than 20 plays were set on scene, from the Casacuberta Hall of General San Martin Theatre to sheds. Both private and official theatres, as well as factories, courtyards, parks, churches and unthinkable places.  

For more than 25 years he has been a hard and successful worker dealing with his own plays  and with those of universal value.

He was given a scholarship to study with Lee Strasberg , Director of  Actor’s Studio in the USA.

He became the founder of an independent producing company: GATT, Argentine Theatre Group for All ( Grupo argentino de teatro para todos). For a year they worked at the IFT Theatre and they opened  the “ First Theatre Fair”, an activity which had never been thought of before.

For the cycle “ Recitals” he set on scene the following artists: Alfredo Zitarroza, Litto Nebbia, Victor Heredia, Homero Exposito, Hernán Oliva and his Jazz Band, with 10 performances each one.

Later, during the military dictatorship, with CAT they started working in a house in the Constitution area of Buenos Aires. They made the  “Casona of GBH” a very warm place, similar to “ The Mamma” in the USA. A workshop, the “Taller de Teatro” and the “Teatrino Libre” functioned there. For 5 years , hundreds of pupils visited their classes, made drama, and went on acting tours.

E-mail: gbenhassan@argentores.org.ar                                                           This place was given by ARGENTORES