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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462581503321

Autore

Boal Augusto

Titolo

Hamlet and the baker's son : my life in theatre and politics / / Augusto Boal ; translated by Adrian Jackson and Candida Blaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

0-203-35005-7

1-283-96568-2

1-135-12768-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlakerCandida

JacksonAdrian

Disciplina

792/.0233/092

B

Soggetti

Theatrical producers and directors - Brazil

Dramatists, Brazilian - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Hamlet and the Baker's Son; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; The translators; Preface: a woman in the mirror; Introduction; The landscape, the family; A long time ago, I was a boy; In the arena of Arena; War declared, inside and outside of me; Exile, banishment, palm trees, birdsong; The impossible return and the strangeness of the familiar; Notes; List of illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

Hamlet and the Baker's Son is the autobiography of Augusto Boal, inventor of the internationally renowned Forum Theatre system, and 'Theatre of the Oppressed' and author of Games for Actors and Non-Actors and Legislative Theatre. Continuing to travel the world giving workshops and inspiration to teachers, prisoners, actors and care-workers, Augusto Boal is a visionary as well as a product of his times - the Brazil of military dictatorship and artistic and social repression and was once imprisoned for his subversive activities. From his early days in Brazil's poli