Lucinda Simões
Lucinda Simões (18501928) was one of the most acclaimed Portuguese actors and theatre directors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The former ''Teatro Lucinda'' in Rio de Janeiro was named after her. Early life Lucinda Augusta da Silva Borges was born on 17 December 1850 in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. She was the daughter of the actor and Maria José da Silva. Her father did not encourage his daughters to pursue theatrical careers and enrolled them in a private school. However, in 1865, at the age of 14, together with her sister Amélia, Lucinda participated in an amateur recital. Her professional debut took place on 16 October 1867, at the ''Teatro do Ginásio'' in Lisbon, at a performance attended by Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen D. Maria Pia, for which she received much applause and the Queen awarded her with a bracelet. Theatrical career Simões then joined the theatre company of the ''Teatro do Ginásio'', performing several comedies in 1868 and 1869, sometimes with ...
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Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas
- demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population.
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