Theater of the Oppressed: Augusto Boal

A book in which Augusto Boal, creator of the theatre of the oppressed (TO) describes theatrical forms that he first elaborated in the 1970s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe.

In this remarkable classic work on radical drama, Augusto Boal exposes the machinations that the ruling classes exercised on theatre to take control out of the hands of ordinary citizens. He shows how Brechtian and Marxian drama reverses this trend.

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Author information: Augusto Boal

Year of publication: 2000