Augusto Boal |
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| Author:
| Babbage, Frances |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-10298-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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The work of Augusto Boal has had a tremendous impact on contemporary theatre. This volume looks at the scope of Boal's career - from his early work as a playwright and director in Sao Paulo in the 1950s, to the development of his groundbreaking manifesto in the 1970s for a 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. Augusto Boal will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the role that theatre can play in stimulating social and personal change. This useful study combines:
The work of Augusto Boal has had a tremendous impact on contemporary theatre. This volume looks at the scope of Boal's career - from his early work as a playwright and director in Sao Paulo in the 1950s, to the development of his groundbreaking manifesto in the 1970s for a 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. Augusto Boal will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the role that theatre can play in stimulating social and personal change. This useful study combines:
- a biographical and historical overview of Boal's career as theatre practitioner and director
- in-depth analysis of Boal's classic text on radical theatre, The Theatre of the Oppressed
- exploration of training and production techniques
- practical guidance to Boal's workshop methods.