José Celso Martinez Corrêa

José Celso Martinez Corrêa, known as Zé Celso (born 30 March 1937), is a Brazilian stage actor, director and playwright.[1] He was one of the founders of Teatro Oficina, an innovative and politically active theater company associated with the 1960s Tropicalismo movement.[2]

Zé Celso
José Celso Martinez Corrêa
Born (1930-03-30) March 30, 1930
Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationActor, playwright, theater director
Websitehttp://teatroficina.uol.com.br

Zé Celso became notable in the scene with his adaptation of Oswald de Andrade's play O Rei da Vela (The Candle King), in 1967.[3] He also co-wrote with Chico Buarque the 1968 play Roda Viva, which was targeted as pornographic and censored during the military dictatorship.[4] One of his most recent plays is Os Sertões, a trilogy adapting the book by Euclides da Cunha.[5]

References
  1. George, David (2011-03-30). The Modern Brazilian Stage. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292729766.
  2. Dunn, Christopher (2014-01-01). Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469615707.
  3. Rubin, Don; Solorzano, Carlos (2013-10-08). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: The Americas. Routledge. ISBN 9781136359286.
  4. "GaúchaZH". gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  5. "'Os Sertões', do Teatro Oficina, faz mini turnê pelo Brasil". O Globo (in Portuguese). 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2017-09-25.


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