José Celso Martinez Corrêa
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.
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José Celso Martinez Corrêa
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- Name
- Zé Celso
- Birth Name
- José Celso Martinez Corrêa
- Born
- 30 March 1937
- Birthplace
- Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- 6 July 2023
- Place of death
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Education
- Law School, University of São Paulo (dropped out)
- Occupation
- Stage actor, director and playwright
- Movement
- Anthropophagism
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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.
Zé Celso, director from Brazil.
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Key facts
• Name — Zé Celso • Birth Name — José Celso Martinez Corrêa • Born — 30 March 1937 • Birthplace — Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil • Died — 6 July 2023 • Place of death — São Paulo, Brazil • Education — Law School, University of São Paulo (dropped out) • Occupation — Stage actor, director and playwright • Years Active — 1958–2023 • Notable Works — The Bacchae, Os Sertões, O Rei da Vela, Roda Viva • Movement — Anthropophagism • Website — https: teatroficina.com
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José Celso Martinez Corrêa lived from 30 March 1937 to 6 July 2023 and was a director, film director and screenwriter. The birth of José Celso Martinez Corrêa is recorded on 30 March 1937 in Araraquara (São Paulo, Brésil), and the death on 6 July 2023 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Personal life and death
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.
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