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Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out the principles and practice of Boal’s revolutionary Method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone – actors and non-actors alike!<\/p>\n
This new third English edition includes recently uncovered interviews and essays from the 1970s, some of which featured in the earliest Portuguese edition of the book, and a new essay by the theatre director Sergio de Carvalho, which looks at Boal’s work in the context of Brazilian theatre and politics over the past fifty years.<\/p>\n
This is a vital handbook for theatre makers and activists of all kinds who want to deepen their understanding of the theory and practice of Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. It is also an excellent introduction for those new to the system.<\/p>\n
1 Theatre of the Oppressed in Europe \u00a02 The Structure of the Actor\u2019s Work \u00a03 The Arsenal of Theatre of the Oppressed \u00a04 The Early Forms of Forum Theatre \u00a05 Forum Theatre: Doubts and Certainties: Incoprporating a New Method of Rehearsing and Devising a Forum Theatre Model \u00a06 First Experiences with Invisible Theatre \u00a07 Artistic Creation and Divine Madness: A Meditation on Art and the Miraculous \u00a08 Interview for the Portuguese Edition (1977) \u00a09 To the People, the means of Theatrical Production: Interview with \u00c9mile Copferman \u00a010 Specialisation and Profession, Vocation and Language<\/p>\n
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Augusto Boal<\/strong>\u00a0was a theatre director, dramatist, theorist, writer and teacher. He was a\u00a0Vereador\u00a0<\/i>(Legislator) for the\u00a0Camara dos Vereadores<\/i>\u00a0(Legislative Chamber) of Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1996. He was the author of\u00a0The Theatre of the Oppressed<\/em>,\u00a0Games for Actors and Non-Actors<\/em>,\u00a0The Rainbow of Desire<\/em>,\u00a0Legislative Theatre<\/em>,\u00a0Hamlet and the Baker\u2019s Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics<\/em>, and\u00a0The Aesthetics of the Oppressed<\/em>. He died in Rio de Janeiro in May 2009.<\/p>\n Adrian Jackson<\/b>\u00a0is a theatre director, playwright, activist and teacher. He was the Founder and Artistic Director of Cardboard Citizens, a theatre company working with homeless people, from 1991 to 2021. He has translated five books by Augusto Boal with whom he collaborated on a number of occasions and has taught Theatre of the Oppressed in over\u00a0twenty-five countries across Europe, Asia and Latin America.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ‘This is an inspiring and powerful book, a lucid account that will be of substantial use to people already using Theatre of the Oppressed. It should also act as an excellent introduction for those new to the system.’ \u2014Artscene<\/em><\/p>\n ‘This is a useful handbook for those who want to explore Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and, as such, is greatly to be welcomed. Boal’s work deserves and demands emulation.’ \u2014Theatre Research International<\/p>\n ‘You have achieved what Brecht only dreamt of and wrote about: making a useful theatre that is entertaining, fun and instructive. It is a different kind of theatre\u00a0\u2013 a kind of social therapy. It focuses the mind, relaxes the spirit and gives people a new handle on their situations.’ \u2014Richard Schechner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n