About the Book:

This unique resource for students, teachers and practitioners offers a series of games to illustrate techniques, acts as a multimedia encyclopedia tracing the context and historical development of Theatre of the Oppressed (English translation of Teatro del oprimido y otras poéticas políticas), a form of theatre that encourages the audience to be an active participant in the drama.

What people say:

"One of the most revered figures in world theatre… the liberation theologian of the theatre." — The Guardian

"Should be read by everyone in the world of theatre who has any pretensions at all to political commitment." — John Arden, playwright

"So remarkable, so original and so ground-breaking that I have no hesitation in describing the book as the most important theoretical work on the theatre in modern times." — George Wellwarth, Professor of Theatre

About the Author:

Augusto Boal (1931-2009) was a Brazilian theatre director, theorist, writer, teacher, social activist, and politician. He was born and grew up in Rio de Janeiro and trained as an industrial chemist, first graduating in 1952 and then researching at New York's Columbia University. Fascinated by theatre, he spent his time in the United States studying drama as well as chemical engineering. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical popular education movements.