Theatre of the oppressed / Augusto Boal ; translated from Spanish by Charles A. and Maria-Odilia Leal McBride and Emily Fryer.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Get politicalPublication details: London : Pluto, 2008.Edition: New edDescription: xxiv, 184 p. : 1 ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0745328385 (pbk.)
- 9780745328386 (pbk.)
- 792.013 BOA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This new edition of Theatre of the Oppressed brings a classic work on radical drama fully up to date and includes a new foreword by the author Augusto Boal. Boal restores theatre to its proper place as a popular form of communication and expression. He demonstrates the ways in which theatre has come to reflect ruling-class control, drawing on the theories of Aristotle and Machiavelli. He then shows the process reversed in Brechtian/Marxist poetics to the revolutionary potential of transforming the spectator into the actor. Throughout, Boal draws on his own experience in Latin America and illustrates his theory with practical examples.
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.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Augusto Boal (1931 - 2009) was a renowned dramatist and the author of several works on politics and theatre.