Boal, Augusto.

Theatre of the oppressed / Augusto Boal ; translated from Spanish by Charles A. and Maria-Odilia Leal McBride and Emily Fryer. - New ed. - London : Pluto, 2008. - xxiv, 184 p. : 1 ill. ; 22 cm. - Get political .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to 2008 editionPreface to 2000 editionPreface to 1974 edition1. Aristotle\'s Coercive System of Tragedy2. Machiavelli and the Poetics of Virtu3. Hegel and Brecht: The Character as Subject or the Character as Object?4. Poetics of the Oppressed5. Development of the Arena Theater of Sao PauloAppendicesIndex.


Translated from the Spanish.

0745328385 (pbk.) 9780745328386 (pbk.)


Theater and society.
Theater--Political aspects.
Social classes in literature.

792.013 BOA