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Villanueva Cosse
Born

Villanueva Félix Cosse Vega


(1933-11-09) 9 November 1933 (age 90)
Melo, Uruguay
Alma materMultidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actor, theater director, writer
ChildrenCarolina Cosse
Awards
  • ACE Award (2001, 2009)
  • Villanueva Félix Cosse Vega (born 9 November 1933) is a Uruguayan actor, theater director, and writer who has developed a distinguished career in his country and internationally, especially in Argentina, where he has lived since 1973.[1]

    Biography[edit]

    Villanueva Cosse is the father of Carolina Cosse, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining from 2015 to 2019 and Intendant of Montevideo from 2020.

    He began his theatrical training at the El Galpón theater [es]inMontevideo in 1953, continued his studies at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art (EMAD) in Montevideo until graduating in 1963, and attended Jacques Lecoq's School of Mime and Theater in Paris.[1][2]

    Since 1956 he has performed in more than 60 plays in Uruguay and Argentina, taken part in 20 feature films, and in numerous television series and specials.

    In 1963, 1972, 1985, and 1996 he directed 11 plays at El Galpón, Teatro Circular [es], Teatro del Centro [es], Club de Teatro, and the Comedia Nacional [es] in Montevideo.

    He wrote the musical comedy ¿Quién le teme a Lucila Singer?, performed at the Embassy Theater; Feria del miedo, del amor y de la guerra, performed at the San Martín Theater; Compañero del alma in co-authorship with Adriana Genta [es], edited by Torres Agüero (1992), and performed at La Campana and El Galpón theaters. He adapted Servant of Two Masters (Goldoni), Lysistrata (Aristophanes), and The Government Inspector (Gogol).[3]

    Cosse participated, as author and director, in international tours and festivals in Buenos Aires, Zurich, Caracas, Montevideo, New York, Mexico City, San Juan, Milan, and Stockholm, making presentations for El Galpón, Théatre Ecole, Open Theater, Cervantes National Theater, San Martín Theater, and People's Theater, among others.

    In Argentina he worked as an actor and director – in 1975, in Querido MentirosoasGeorge Bernard Shaw, antagonist of China Zorrilla in the role of Mrs Patrick Campbell,[4] and then directing Servant of Two Masters, produced by the actress.

    Of his extensive career as a theater director, his most notable productions include Marat/SadebyPeter Weiss, Bohemian LightsbyRamón del Valle-Inclán,[5] Long Day's Journey into NightbyEugene O'Neill, Cocinando con ElisabyLucía Laragione [es],[6] New YorkbyDaniel Dalmaroni [es], and MarathonbyRicardo Monti [es].[7]

    Filmography[edit]

    Television[edit]

    Theatrical productions[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    Theater[edit]

    Uruguay[edit]

    Argentina[edit]

    Film[edit]

    Librettist[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d e Campodónico, Miguel Angel (1996). Uruguayos por su nombre [Uruguayans By Name] (in Spanish). Fin de Siglo. p. 53. ISBN 9789974490871. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via Google Books.
  • ^ a b "Villanueva Cosse vuelve con Bertolt Brecht" [Villanueva Cosse Returns With Bertolt Brecht]. Diario la Juventud (in Spanish). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ a b c d e "Reflexiones de un hombre elegante" [Reflections of an Elegant Man]. La Nación (in Spanish). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ Zayas de Lima, Perla (1990). Diccionario de directores y escenógrafos del teatro argentino [Dictionary of Directors and Set Designers of the Argentine Theater] (in Spanish). Editorial Galerna. p. 213. ISBN 9789505562503. Retrieved 5 February 2018 – via Google Books.
  • ^ Hopkins, Cecilia (11 August 1999). "La 'teoría del esperpento', el aporte al siglo de Valle Inclán" [The 'Grotesque Theory', the Contribution to Valle Inclán's Century]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ "Teatro Abierto ya tiene su remake" [Open Theater Already Has its Remake]. La Nación (in Spanish). 25 April 1997. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ Hopkins, Cecilia (24 February 2010). "En democracia, 'Marathon' se torna más metafísica" [In Democracy, 'Marathon' Becomes More Metaphysical]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ a b Quiring, Débora (23 August 2017). "Ayer declararon ciudadano ilustre al actor, director y dramaturgo Villanueva Cosse" [Yesterday the Actor, Director, and Playwright Villanueva Cosse Declared Illustrious Citizen]. La Diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ Blanca, Bahía (15 January 2007). "Mario Pasik does not want to repeat himself in his roles". lanueva.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  • ^ "Todos los triunfadores de la velada" [All the Winners of the Evening]. La Nación (in Spanish). 31 October 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  • ^ "Eva Perón vuelve a demostrar que es la fórmula inagotable del teatro argentino" [Eva Perón Returns to Demonstrate That She is the Inexhaustible Formula of Argentine Theater]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. DPA. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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