Augusto Boal

Person · Open Library

Born

1932

Works

51

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Film & TV

Acting · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Augusto Pinto Boal (Rio de Janeiro, March 16, 1931 – Rio de Janeiro, May 2, 2009) was a Brazilian theater director, playwright and essayist, one of the great figures of international contemporary theater. Founder of the Theater of the Oppressed, which combines theater with social action, his techniques and practices spread throughout the world, notably in the last three decades of the 20th…

Known for

• Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self2019
• Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed — Self2010
• Travessia2009
• Cidade Ameaçada1960

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Active from

2012

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2

Total plays

18

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2021 · cited 6,847x

2. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

   · 2010 · cited 6,216x

3. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 6,185x

4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

   · 2017 · cited 6,172x

5. Hepatocellular carcinoma

   · 2021 · cited 5,745x

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Quotes

• “It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.”
• “In its most archaic sense, theatre is the capacity possessed by human beings—and not by animals—to observe themselves in action. Humans are capable of seeing themselves in the act of seeing, of thinking their emotions, of being moved by their thoughts. They can see themselves here and imagine themselves there; they can see themselves today and imagine themselves tomorrow. This is why humans are able to identify (themselves and others) and not merely to recognise.”
• “The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).”
• “To resist, it is not enough to say No – it is necessary to desire!”
• “When we look beyond appearances, we see oppressors and oppressed people, in all societies, ethnic groups, genders, social classes and casts; we see an unfair and cruel world. We have to create another world because we know it is possible. But it is up to us to build this other world with our hands and by acting on the stage and in our own life.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1931-03-16 ) 16 March 1931, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil

Died

2 May 2009 (2009-05-02) (aged 78), Rio de Janeiro , Brazil

Occupation

Theatre practitioner

Genre

Theatre of the Oppressed

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