[1] He was one of the founders of Teatro Oficina, an innovative and politically active theater company associated with the 1960s Tropicalismo movement.

[2] Zé Celso became notable in the scene with his adaptation of Oswald de Andrade's play O Rei da Vela (The Candle King), in 1967.

[3] He also co-wrote with Chico Buarque the 1968 play Roda Viva, which was targeted as pornographic and was censored during the military dictatorship.

[4] One of his final plays was Os Sertões, a trilogy adapting the book by Euclides da Cunha.

[6] Zé Celso died in São Paulo on 6 July 2023, at the age of 86.