Thalyta Bianca Pinto Aguiar Argivaes is an undergraduate student of English Language and Literature at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). She is currently studying the analysis of Lady Augusta Gregory’s play Spreading the News (1904) and its influence on contemporary Irish productions, using as an example the contemporary radio drama Yesterday’s News (2012). In her final monograph, the radio drama Yesterday’s News is being analysed as a rereading of the play Spreading the News. Her research interests are related to the critical analysis of works by Lady Augusta Gregory, Radio Drama, Theatre Studies, and Translation.
