hortencio's very first script was penned down at the age of 15 for village feast. at age seventeen, he started scripting one act plays for the inter village one act play competition. he begged the awards for best writer, best director and best actor for three consecutive years in the inter village one act play competition held from 1970 to 1972 for his play "guireskai", "onath" and "tyag". every year, during the feast of st. anthony, hortencio would gather local actors and stage his tiatr. after staging each of the tiatr at the chapel, they were presented in surrounding villages like sanguem, ugue, rivona with the help of local youth. some of his most notable tiatrs are "doulot" (1969), "odruxt" (1970), "onath" (1974) and "bhas" (1980). he is known to write his scripts in "devnagri" as well as "roman".