What is Augusto Boal?
{{infobox writer | image = Augusto Boal nyc3.jpg | imagesize = 275px | caption = Boal presenting a workshop on the ''Theatre of the Oppressed'' at the [[Riverside Church]] in [[New York City|New York]], 13 May 2008. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|03|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|05|02|1931|03|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] | occupation = [[Theatre practitioner]] | language = | nationality = | period = | genre = [[Theatre of the Oppressed]] | subject = | notableworks = | spouse(s) = | partner(s) = | children = | relative(s) = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Augusto Boal''' (16 March 1931 - 2 May 2009) was a [[Brazil]]ian [[theatre director]], writer and politician. He was the founder of [[Theatre of the Oppressed]]. Boal served one term as a ''Vereador'' (the Brazilian version of a city councillor) in [[Rio de Janeiro]] from 1993 to 1997. He developed the [[legislative theatre]].<ref name=PTO>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ptoweb.org/boal.html |title=Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed: A Brief Biography of Augusto Boal |access-date=2014-04-18 |archive-date=2009-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302151127/http://www.ptoweb.org/boal.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Boal died from respiratory failure caused by [[leukemia]], aged 78. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boal, Augusto}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Rio de Janeiro]] [[Category:Writers from Rio de Janeiro]] [[Category:Brazilian theatre directors]] {{bio-stub}}