Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian equivalent of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre.
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16 March 1931 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2 May 2009 (aged 78) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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