Augusto Boal

Brazilian writer (1931–2009)

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Lived 1931–2009, aged 78Brazil
BrazilBrazilWritersWriter / Author
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    1931–2009
    Aged 78
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    Cidade Ameaçada
    1960
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Updated 2026-06-19

Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre, a theatrical form originally used in popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre.

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