Luís Filipe Valente Lá Féria Orta, known professionally as Filipe La Féria (born May 17, 1945 in Vila Nova de São Bento), is a

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, producer, and screenwriter for television and theatre.

Career

He began his theatrical activity in 1963 as an actor at the National Theater, and with

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belonged to theatre companies such as Teatro Estúdio de Lisboa, Teatro Experimental de Cascais, Casa da Comédia and Teatro da Cornucópia. He was assistant to Victor Garcia in '' As Criadas'', by Jean Genet, in the Teatro Experimental de Cascais. La Féria studied in

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, winning a scholarship from the

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(Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian). He was director for 16 years at the Teatro da Casa da Comédia where he had a high degree of responsibility for most of its operations. There he produced a play from René Kalisky about

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called ''A paixão segundo Pier Paolo Pasolini'' as well as ''A Marquesa de Sade'', ''Eva Péron'', ''Savanah Bay'', ''A Bela Portuguesa'', ''Electra ou a Queda das Máscaras'', ''Noites de Anto'', ''A Ilha do Oriente'', and works by

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, Mishima, Agustina Bessa-Luís and Mário Cláudio. In 1990, he wrote ''What Happened to Madalena Igtésias?'' and accepted the invitation as

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, director and set designer to produce it at the

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in Lisbon, one of Portugal's most prestigious theatres. At the Teatro Politeama he also produced, ''Maldita Cocaína'', ''Jasmim ou o Sonho do Cinema'', ''De Afonso Henriques a Mário Soares'', ''

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'', ''Maria Callas'' and '' Rosa Tatuada'', by

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. La Féria was awarded several times by critics, by the Casa da Imprensa, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura and Associação Portuguesa de Críticos and several magazines as a writer, director and set designer. He was awarded the

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by President

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in 2000 and was awarded personality of year in theatre at the

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the same year. For television he has produced and directed ''Grande Noite'', ''Cabaret'', ''Saudades do Futuro'' and ''Comédias de Ouro'' and other comedy shows. In 2000 he wrote and performed the musical ''Amalia'', which opened at the Teatro Politeama. During 6 years on stage it was also performed in

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and Switzerland, and was seen by over 16 million viewers. He was also professor of the Independent University of Lisbon, in the arts department. In 2001, he enacted ''A Casa do Lago'' by

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with

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and

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. In 2002, he staged the musical ''

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'' (''Linda My Lady''), adapted from

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, giving it a Golden Globe for Best Performance of the Year. La Féria's latest productions have been ''The Queen of Ferro Velho'', by Garçon Kanin (2004), ''A Girl of the Sea of Sophia'' by Mello Breyner (2005), '' Alice in Wonderland'', by

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(2005), ''The Song of Lisbon'' based on the movie by '' Cotinelli Telmo'' (2006), ''The Little Prince'' by ''Saint-Exupéry'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2007; starring

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). In 2007 he also produced '' Jesus Christ Superstar'', which was the first production at the Teatro Rivoli, followed by '' Fiddler on the Roof'' (2008) and ''

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'' (2008). In 2009 he opened in the

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with "Edith Piaf" and the great musical comedy '' La Cage aux Folles''.

Some notable actors he has directed

Plays produced

*''Maldita Cocaína'' que estreia no Teatro Politeama (1993) *''Jasmim ou o Sonho do Cinema (1996)'' *''De Afonso Henriques a Mário Soares'' *''Amália'', que estreia no Teatro Politeama *''

'' *''Maria Callas'' *''Pierrot e Arlequim'' *'' Rosa Tatuada (1999)'' *'' Casa da Saudade'', série da RTP (2000) *'' A Casa do Lago'', de Ernest Thompson com

and

(2000) *''A Minha Tia e Eu'' (2002) *''

'' (''Minha Linda Senhora''), adaptado de Bernard Shaw (2003) *'' A Rainha do Ferro Velho'', de Garçon Kanin (2004) *''A Menina do Mar'', de Sophia de Mello Breyner (2005) *''Alice no País das Maravilhas'', de

(2005) *''A Canção de Lisboa'', baseado no filme de Cotinelli Telmo (2005) *''O Principezinho'' a partir de Saint-Exupéry (2007) *'' Música no Coração'' (2007) *'' Jesus Christ Superstar (2007)'', first production of Teatro Rivoli *''

'' 2008 *''A Estrela (2008)'' *'' Fiddler on the Roof'' (2008) *''Piaf'' (2009) *'' La cage aux folles'' (''A Gaiola das Loucas'') (2009) *'' O Feiticeiro de Oz'' (2009) *'' Judy Garland - O Fim do Arco-Íris'' (2012) *

External links

*
Official siteO regresso de Amalia
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