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(Redirected from José Celso Martinez Corrêa) Brazilian stage actor, director and playwright (1937–2023) In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martinez and the second or paternal family name is Corrêa.
Zé Celso
Celso in 2010
BornJosé Celso Martinez Corrêa
(1937-03-30)30 March 1937
Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
Died6 July 2023(2023-07-06) (aged 86)
São Paulo, Brazil
Alma materLaw School, University of São Paulo (dropped out)
Occupation(s)Stage actor, director and playwright
Years active1958–2023
Notable workThe Bacchae, Os Sertões, O Rei da Vela, Roda Viva
MovementAnthropophagism
Spouse Marcelo Drummond ​(m. 2023)​
Websiteteatroficina.com

José Celso Martinez Corrêa (30 March 1937 – 6 July 2023), known as Zé Celso, was a Brazilian stage actor, director and playwright. He was one of the founders of Teatro Oficina, an innovative and politically active theater company associated with the 1960s Tropicalismo movement.

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. He also co-wrote with Chico Buarque the 1968 play Roda Viva, which was targeted as pornographic and was censored during the military dictatorship. One of his final plays was Os Sertões, a trilogy adapting the book by Euclides da Cunha.

Personal life and death

Zé Celso was in a 40-year relationship with actor Marcelo Drummond. The couple married in June 2023, with a ceremony at Teatro Oficina.

Zé Celso died in São Paulo on 6 July 2023, at the age of 86. He was hospitalized at Hospital das Clínicas, after a fire broke out in his apartment in the Paraíso neighborhood. Zé Celso was 53% burned and was under mechanical ventilation; his husband Marcelo, two visitors, and the couple's dog, who were also in the apartment, did not sustain burns, but were under observation at the hospital.

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 Brazilian Portuguese). 26 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  5. "'Os Sertões', do Teatro Oficina, faz mini turnê pelo Brasil". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  6. "Aos 86 anos, diretor Zé Celso se casa com Marcelo Drummond em festa no Teatro Oficina". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  7. "Zé Celso Martinez morre aos 86 anos em São Paulo". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-06.

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