Augusto Boal
Brazilian writer
Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 - 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician.
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![]() Boal presenting a workshop on the Theatre of the Oppressed at the Riverside Church in New York, 13 May 2008. | |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16 March 1931
Died | 2 May 2009 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 78)
Occupation | Theatre practitioner |
Genre | Theatre of the Oppressed |
He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian version of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997. He developed the legislative theatre.[1]
Boal died from respiratory failure caused by leukemia, aged 78.
References
change- ↑ "Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed: A Brief Biography of Augusto Boal". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
Other websites
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