As duas mortes de Roger Casement is a two-act play produced and directed by the head of São Paulo’s theatre company Cia Ludens — Domingos Nunez. The performance circulated in theatres in São Paulo and Ireland, in addiction to being part of The 13th Annual Irish Theatrical Diaspora Conference: Irish Theatre and Latin America at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) in 2017.
Based on the life and the factual events concerning the Irish consul Roger Casement, the production aims to present the two facets that comprehends the duality of the character’s nature: the revolutionary and separatist personality engaged in the fight for human rights in Africa and South America, and the controversy of his authenticity enlightened by the discovery of the autobiographical documents entitled Black Diaries.