José Celso Martinez Corrêa, known as Zé Celso (born 30 March 1937),
is 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 playO 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 censored during the military
dictatorship. One of his most recent plays is Os Sertões, a trilogy
adapting the book by Euclides da Cunha.
is 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 playO 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 censored during the military
dictatorship. One of his most recent plays is Os Sertões, a trilogy
adapting the book by Euclides da Cunha.
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