António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)

António José da Silva Coutinho (8 May 1705 – 18 October 1739) was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist born in colonial Brazil, known as "the Jew" (O Judeu). The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio; António José da Silva in Hebrew is אנטוניו ז'וזה דה סילווה‎.