Augusto Boal (Routledge Performance Practitioners) - Softcover

Babbage, Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415273269 ISBN 13: 9780415273268

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

The work of Augusto Boal has had a tremendous impact on contemporary theatre. This volume looks at the scope of Boal's career - from his early work as a playwright and director in Sao Paulo in the 1950s, to the development of his groundbreaking manifesto in the 1970s for a 'Theatre of the Oppressed'. Augusto Boal will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the role that theatre can play in stimulating social and personal change. This useful study combines:

• a biographical and historical overview of Boal's career as theatre practitioner and director
• in-depth analysis of Boal's classic text on radical theatre, The Theatre of the Oppressed
• exploration of training and production techniques
• practical guidance to Boal's workshop methods.

About this title

Synopsis

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first century performance. These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books will unravel the contribution of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators. This useful study combines: a biographical and historical overview of Boal's career as playwright and director in-depth analysis of Boal's classic text on radical theatre, The Theatre of the Oppressed exploration of training and production techniques practical guidance to Boal's workshop methods. As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.

About the Author

Frances Babbage is a Lecturer of Theatre and Performance at the University of Sheffield.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415273269
• ISBN 13: 9780415273268
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176