Jorge Silva Melo

Jorge Silva Melo, feb 2009.jpg

Jorge Silva Melo (7 August 1948 – 14 March 2022) was a Portuguese actor, theatre director, playwright and translator.[1] In 1973, Melo founded the Teatro da Cornucópia with Luís Miguel Cintra.[2] He was a well known playwright in Portugal.[3] Melo was born in Lisbon.

Melo died on 14 March 2022 at a hospital in Lisbon from pancreatic cancer at the age of 73.[4]

References

  1. "Jorge Silva Melo: "É legítima a vontade de matar o pai. Alguns atores fizeram isso comigo"" (in Portuguese). Expresso. 6 December 2019. https://expresso.pt/podcasts/a-beleza-das-pequenas-coisas/2019-12-06-Jorge-Silva-Melo-E-legitima-a-vontade-de-matar-o-pai.-Alguns-atores-fizeram-isso-comigo. Retrieved 30 January 2020. 
  2. ""A Cornucópia acabou" e foi dado destino a todas as coisas" (in Portuguese). Público. 27 November 2017. https://www.publico.pt/2017/11/27/culturaipsilon/noticia/-a-cornucopia-acabou-e-foi-dado-destino-a-todas-as-coisas-1794106?page=/teatro-da-cornucopia&pos=1&b=list_section. Retrieved 30 January 2020. 
  3. Pina Coelho, Rui. "Fake News: There is no Portuguese Dramaturgy". European Theatre Convention. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. Morreu o encenador, cineasta, ator e autor Jorge Silva Melo (in Portuguese)