Chaves | ‘The Year Ricardo Reis Died’ – Etcetera Artistic Association

In this two-hour play, starring five actors, the worlds of Saramago and Fernando Pessoa merge to give the audience an idea of what social, economic and moral life was like in our pre-Salazar country. Ricardo Reis, a man from Brazil, is concerned about the city of Lisbon and its passive notion of happiness. The country of soup kitchens and charitable works in every parish. The country where people die of illness and lack of work. The country of the miracles of Fatima and devotion to the chief…
Ricardo Reis came to die, but above all to give hope to patients like Marcenda or women like Lídia.

Admission is free, but tickets must be obtained in advance from the Chaves Municipal Library and the Chaves Tourist Office.

Organised by: Municipality of Chaves