The actor, playwright and screenwriter Francis Nicholson died today at age 77, at home. The funeral takes place on Thursday. Read the testimony: Herman José Rui Mendes
Francis Nicholson wrote “Vila Faia”, the first Portuguese television series, formed “Laughter and rhythm,” comedy pioneer program on television , bet on revues renewal, with Adoque company, interpreted, directed actors and staged.
added up over 50 years of career, taking always in interviews and public statements, his contrarian side, but sometimes the noble origin, the paternal side, that linked him to the Earl of Farrobo and Quintela Baron
I would like to quote the Spanish poet Antonio Machado. – “the path is made walking ‘ -., as evidenced by several interviews
He started doing theater at 14, the old Camões High School, under the direction of director and poet António Manuel Couto Viana, the invitation which came to belong to the Portuguese Youth Group .
the family run counter to the route, at least until the age of majority, which led to the Merchant Marine – a period of three years, who publicly has repeatedly – and actor training at the National Conservatory, in Lisbon for a short time, and in Paris.
in the French capital, attended the Academy Charles Dullin, the National Théâtre Populaire, depriving with big names like Jean Vilar, Georges Wilson, Gerard Philipe.
on his return to Lisbon, would again Couto Viana to score his professional debut with the Children’s Theatre Company the Gerifalto, which took part also young players like Rui Mendes Morais and Castro, Catarina Avelar Irene Cruz and Mario Pereira, among others.
worked well in ABC theaters, Monumental, Villaret, Variety, particularly in comedy and in the magazine, as an actor and director.
He founded the Adoque – Cooperative Theatre Workers, with actors like Jose Viana, Dora Leal, Henrique Viana, Antonio Montez, the designer Mario Alberto, company “left” as opposed to the way “conservative” Parque Mayer, who scored the early stage names like Helena Isabel, Virgílio Castelo and Maria Vieira.
in 1964, he created the program “Laughter and rhythm” for television, with Armando Cortes, constituting a pioneering partnership in television comedy, a succession of ‘sketches’, interspersed with musical numbers. The success led them to a special program Year’s Eve, which made famous the ‘leaves’:. “! It is an hour What a feast”
Later follow-up would, among other “jolly corner” and “the fair”, who starred with his wife, actress, dancer and choreographer Magda Cardoso.
Francis Nicholson added close to 50 shows, of his own, often staged and directed by itself, going to plays for children, such as “The fearless knight” and “Boingue-boingue”, the magazine “pides the grid” and “The CIA of the cardinals,” which led to the scene in Adóque.
it originated in revues, the “Prayer” song, which won the RTP festival in 1964. the gender occupy it would throughout his career, with shows in which he participated, as “Piratada the Portuguese!” “Grab that is honest!” or “Listening to the bore!”, brought to the scene in the last ten years.
He was the author of Vila Faia , spring Portuguese soap opera, which was followed by novels and series such as Sources , Grey , Wolves , Accounts adjustment, Greed ., the Look of Snake , among many other
in cinema, signed the scripts of films Dynamite Operation and Bonança & amp; C.ª, Peter Martins.
The funeral of actor and director begin Wednesday in the Basilica da Estrela in Lisbon, where depart the funeral on Thursday to the Cemetery of the Upper St. John, said the funeral home.
Francis Nicholson’s body “will be burning chamber (…) from 18:30 in the Chapels funeral da Estrela Basilica “and the next day,” at 10:00 am, will begin the funeral obsequies following the funeral for the Crematorium Cemetery of Upper St. John in Lisbon “, said today in a statement, the agency Servilusa.
“It will be in history as a great author”
The comedian and actor Herman José expressed today a “profound admiration” for the work done by his “great friend” Francis Nicholson .
“He was a person who liked especially, we had a magical encounter in 1978 in his play with Ivone Silva, and we were very, very good friends,” said Lusa Herman José agency, provided that they were neighbors in Azeitão.
“There is a great sadness, but at the same time a deep admiration for having achieved so much in nearly eight decades of life,” he said, convinced that Francis Nicholson “will go down in history as a great author, much more than an actor. “
the comedian also recalled the” great lyricist of songs, “he wrote” immense light musical successes, “which still remain in the memory of the Portuguese.
One of the best memories that your friend’s guard is when recently made the program “There are late.” “Already very ill and with great difficulty walking never said no to an invitation. He was always present almost like laughing at their own disabilities,” he said.
On the other hand, it was “a survivor “disease:” How does a liver transplant recipient twin can live up to 77 years is a historical thing “
.” a huge fighter “
the direction of the Artist’s House mourned today the death of actor Francis Nicholson, considering that in addition to a great man of the theater, television and novels was “a great human being and a great fighter.”
the advisor to the direction of Artist House recalled that Francis Nicholson was a “founder” of the institution, along with Armando Cortez, Manuela Maria, Raul Solnado.
dismayed by the death of his friend “for many years “Conceição Carvalho recalled that Francis Nicholson was” a great fighter and a cause of man. “
” Francisco was a great man of theater, soap operas, television. He was a great man of scene, “he said.
Francis Nicholson found himself ill due to complications from a liver transplant that he underwent a few years ago, he said.
” I have spoken with him two weeks ago and found it to be quite tired. Was to give in, “he said.
The author of Vila Faia
Actor and scriptwriter Toze Martin notes that this” was a very important person in the history of telenovelas “in Portugal.
” it was the author’s first novel (Portuguese) high impact, “he told Lusa Tozé Martinho agency, alluding to the telenovela” Vila Faia “, where Francisco Nicholson, as well as author, played the role of police, alongside actors like Nicholas Breyner recently deceased to Carpenter Margaret and Manuela Marle, among others.
Toze Martin said it was “with disgust and shame” to see from Francis Nicholson, “a great friend” and a person who “cherished a lot.”
“a fascinating type”
The journalist and writer Mario Zambujal considers who lost a man of the theater who had an “irreplaceable” capacity.
“it was a rare person, a great education, a great talent, with good sense of humor and very funny,” he said Lusa Mario Zambujal.
regretting the death of actor and writer who was a friend, Mario Zambujal recalled that Francis Nicholson was a man “full of talent”, which made things “very interesting also in musical theater” and it was “highly respected” by all with whom he worked.
“it saddens me a lot, Francisco was a very natural and expansive joy. It was a fascinating kind, “he said.
50 years of career seen by RTP
” A multifaceted man and many talents “
the actor and director Rui Mendes was shown today dismayed by the death of Francis Nicholson, a man “multifaceted, with many talents” and his “great friend and theater companion” from the banks Liceu Camões in Lisbon.
“I was a multifaceted man and had many talents. It was a great friend, was my fellow theater has always, from the banks of the high school. We walked in the Camoes Liceu, we were classmates and that was when we started to do theater, “said Rui Mendes, Lusa, adding that both debuted in professional theater in the ’50s.
The actor explained that Francis Nicholson was sick for “many years”, but that his health has worsened in recent times.
“I think that Francisco Nicholson must have been people who best telenovelas wrote in this country during a certain time, at least the first novels, “stressed Rui Mendes.
” Great actor and writer “
António Calvary singer mourned today the death of Francis Nicholson, considering it a “great actor and writer” that was completed in everything he did.
“for all the living we had, for all that was as great actor and writer, almost I have no words to describe such a complete person, “he told Lusa the singer, adding that Francis Nicholson was” a great friend “and” a beautiful companion. “
the singer also said that Francis Nicholson was the author of the song Prayer who played the first song festival 1964 and won first place.
“a song that goes through all these times as a symbol of the first representation Portugal in the Eurovision, “he said.
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