Maria Ruth dos Santos Escobar, known professionally as Ruth Escobar
(March 31, 1935 â€" October 5, 2017) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian
film and television actress, businesswoman, and politician. A
prominent icon in Brazilian theater, Escobar was one of the country's
leading cultural producers and activists for the arts.Escobar was born
in Porto, Portugal, on March 31, 1935. She emigrated from Portugal to
Brazil in 1951, settled in São Paulo, and married Carlos Henrique de
Escobar Fagundes [pt], a philosopher, poet and playwright. She then
studied acting in Paris, France, and then returned to São Paulo,
where she founded her own theater company called Novo Teatro.She
founded another theater, now known as the Teatro Ruth Escobar, in São
Paulo in 1964. It became a center of avant-garde art throughout the
1960s and 1970s. Her productions included The Threepenny Opera and the
Entertaining Mr Sloane.In 1974, Escobar founded the first Festival
Internacional de Teatro (International Festival of Theater) to bring
world theater productions to Brazil. She successfully brought numerous
international productions and actors to São Paulo for the festivals,
including the productions of Bob Wilson's Time and Life of Joseph
Stalin and Victor Garcia's Yerma. Escobar also brought the Catalan
group Els Joglars, the Hamada Zenia Gekijo company of Japan, City
Players of Iran, and Grupo G.Belli of Italy to Brazil for the
festivals.
(March 31, 1935 â€" October 5, 2017) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian
film and television actress, businesswoman, and politician. A
prominent icon in Brazilian theater, Escobar was one of the country's
leading cultural producers and activists for the arts.Escobar was born
in Porto, Portugal, on March 31, 1935. She emigrated from Portugal to
Brazil in 1951, settled in São Paulo, and married Carlos Henrique de
Escobar Fagundes [pt], a philosopher, poet and playwright. She then
studied acting in Paris, France, and then returned to São Paulo,
where she founded her own theater company called Novo Teatro.She
founded another theater, now known as the Teatro Ruth Escobar, in São
Paulo in 1964. It became a center of avant-garde art throughout the
1960s and 1970s. Her productions included The Threepenny Opera and the
Entertaining Mr Sloane.In 1974, Escobar founded the first Festival
Internacional de Teatro (International Festival of Theater) to bring
world theater productions to Brazil. She successfully brought numerous
international productions and actors to São Paulo for the festivals,
including the productions of Bob Wilson's Time and Life of Joseph
Stalin and Victor Garcia's Yerma. Escobar also brought the Catalan
group Els Joglars, the Hamada Zenia Gekijo company of Japan, City
Players of Iran, and Grupo G.Belli of Italy to Brazil for the
festivals.
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