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On the 147th birth anniversary of Costancio Lucasinho Ribeiro (2.1.1863) a
function was held under the auspices of the Tiatr Academy of Goa, under the
stewardship Mr Tomazinho Cardozo at the Black Box of the Kala Academy Panaji
this evening.
Mr Ribeiro was the first musician director who staged the play "Italian Bhurgo"
at the then Alfred Theatre in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 17.4.1892. Most of his
dozen plays were translations not original scripts. The credit for orginal
scripts goes to Joao Agostinho Fernandes "Pai Tiatrist" according to Mr
Cardozo.
Mr Uri Ribeiro the grandson of Caetano Paul accepted the portrait of Lucacinho
Ribeiro presented by the TAG . Another caricature of Lucacinho Ribeiro was
presented by noted cartoonist Alexyz to the TAG which was well appreciated by
the motely audience.
Mr John Claro gave paid rich tributes to the memory of Lucacinho Ribeiro and
elucidated in details the history of this great man who unfortunately died at
an young age on 23.1.1928
Mr Cardozo assured the members of the audience that TAG has formulated several
schemes for promoting documenting " tiatr " and he appealed to the audience to
promote these schemes to take tiatr to the national level. Mr Cardozo also
stated that the TAG has decided to celebrate the birth anniversary of Maria
Regina Fernandes this year on 16th November, 2010 (16.11.1880) indeed she was
the first woman to appear on stage on 22.11.1904 in a play staged by her
husband Joao Agostinho Fernandes at a time when no woman even from the Marathi
theatre would venture on stage for fear of social ostracisation.
Director of Information Mr Menino Peres the Chief Guest on the ocassion pleaded
with the audience to see the tiatrs instead of looking down upon tiatr as a
means of entertainment for the lowly placed. He said the Government has been
giving a lot of encouragement and it is now time opportune for Goans to grab
this opportunity.
Vice President of TAG Mr Roseferns also spoke on the ocassion. The function
was compered by Ms Cardozo and vote of thanks by Member Secretary
Prominent among the audience was Teotonio Pereira ex MLA Fr Conceicao Silva of
Mandur Ana Maria Carolina Quadros Fernandes daughter in law of Joao Agostinho
Fernandes and her daughter Sharmila Fernandes Mr Octavio of Goa Social and
Cultural Centre .
There was a brief entertainment programme but the ineffective sound system
played spoilsport.
This writer earlier met both the spouse of Joaquim Ribeiro one of the three
sons of Lucacinho Ribeiro the others being ( Teofilo and Caetano Paul ) Ms
Cecilia D Souza and her son Bernand D Souza at their residence in Staywell
Apartments at Khorlim Mapusa. Speaking to this writer, she said she was
pleased that Tiatr Academy of Goa was remembering Mr Ribeiro her grandfather .
To enable the youngsters to understand the contribution of this icon the TAG
could have a library etc named after Lucainho Ribeiro felt Mr Bernard D Souza
her son a musician. According to Cecilia the family lived in Mahim and later
after her husband Joaquim Ribeiro returned to Goa they moved to Khorlim .
When this writer visited the site of the house of Mr Ribeiro at Sokolwado
Assagao just beyond the primary school, it was noted that the 3000m2 plot did
not have any vestiges of the house. Accompanied by her son the property is
in dispute and there is nothing that remains of the house.
On an earlier ocassion this writer spoke to the next of kin of Caetano Paula a
great grandson Uri who resides at Pelewado Ucassaim. He was happy to learn of
TAG's function today and was proud to be there.
from the Black Box Kala Academy Panaji
GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES,
BORDA, MARGAO, 403 602, GOA. (INDIA)
+91 98221 58584 (24 HRS)
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