Jorge Silva Melo
Jorge Freitas e Silva Melo (7 August 1948 – 14 March 2022) was a Portuguese actor, playwright, theatre director, and translator.
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Jorge Silva Melo

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- Name
- Jorge Freitas e Silva Melo
- Born
- 7 August 1948
- Birthplace
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Died
- 14 March 2022
- Occupation
- Actor, playwright, theatre director
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of Liberty
- Languages
- Portuguese
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• Name — Jorge Freitas e Silva Melo • Born — 7 August 1948 • Birthplace — Lisbon, Portugal • Died — 14 March 2022 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Occupation — Actor, playwright, theatre director • Years Active — 1992–2022
Career
Career
In 1973, Melo founded the Teatro da Cornucópia with Luís Miguel Cintra. He received critical acclaim for his work as a playwright.
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2022
Jorge Silva Melo died at Lisbon.
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- “Jorge Silva Melo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Na sala VIP com Jorge Silva Melo e os seus actores, Sinais de cena, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
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- 1.Jorge Silva Melo: "É legítima a vontade de matar o pai. Alguns atores fizeram isso comigo". Expresso. 6 December 2019.
- 2."A Cornucópia acabou" e foi dado destino a todas as coisas. Público. 27 November 2017.
- 3.Pina Coelho, Rui. Fake News: There is no Portuguese Dramaturgy. European Theatre Convention.
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