Theatre of the Oppressed - New Edition - Brossura

Boal, Augusto

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ISBN 10: 0745328385 ISBN 13: 9780745328386

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 2008

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

One of the most revered figures in world theatre ... the liberation theologian of theatre. --Guardian

Should be read by everyone in the world of theatre who has any pretensions at all to political commitment --John Arden

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

L'autore:

Augusto Boal is a renowned dramatist and the author of several works on politics and theatre. He lives in Brazil.

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0745328385
• ISBN 13: 9780745328386
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208