Books: Theater In Brazil
Brazilian Sound
Books about
Theatre, Acting & the Stage in Brazil
Flash And Crash Days: Flash and Crash Days: Brazilian Theater in the
Post-Dictatorship Period deals with the theater
produced in Brazil during the 1980s and 1990s, especially postmodernist
directors, women playwrights, and theater companies. It attempts to answer the
following questions: Did the thriving stage of the 1950s and 60s wither during
the reign of terror in the early 1970s, unleashed in the wake of the 1968 state
of siege declared by the generals? Flash and Crash Days examines how the
absence of censorship, on the one hand, and the exigencies of protest and
ideological purity on the other, have given rise to a variety of theatrical
modes which Brazil has never experienced in the past, allowing all voices the
opportunity to be heard in the marketplace of artistic ideas.
--book description
Tentative Transgressions: Homosexuality, "Albuquerque’s work . . . provides an
archaeology of theatrical representations of homosexuality in Brazil, an
alternative history of Brazilian theater from the margins, a critical analysis
of canonical and non-canonical plays infused with the insights of feminist and
queer theory, as well as a history of the representation of AIDS in Brazilian
culture."—Fernando Arenas, University of Minnesota
Brazilian Theater In The
Post-Dictatorship Period
by David Sanderson George
AIDS,
and the Theater in Brazil
by Severino J. Albuquerque
"Albuquerque has produced a first-rate analysis of the presentations (and
absences) of images of homosexualities in twentieth-century Brazilian theater."—James
Green
Games For Actors And Non-Actors
by Augusto Boal
'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.' - Artscene.
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. Boals' work deserves and demands emulation.' - Theatre Research International.
'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 - a kind of social therapy.it
focuses the mind, relaxes the spirit, and gives people a new handle on their
situations.' - Richard Schechner.
Hamlet
And The Baker's Son:
My Life In Theatre And Politics
by Augusto Boal
Hamlet and the Baker's Son
is written with a spirit of generosity and sincere affection for Brazil and its
theatre. The intense vitality and shrewd accuracy of observation of the human
condition that are Boal's trademarks shine through and reward the reader with a
deeper understanding of one of the most influential theatre innovators of our
time.
–J. Lucinda Kidder, Theatre Journal
Legislative Theatre:
Using Performance To Make Politics
by Augusto Boal
Boal is a Brazilian activist who has devoted
his career to effecting social change through theater. This book is an account
of his most recent efforts, especially during his term as a legislator. Growing
out of his Theatre of the Oppressed, an international theater movement giving
artistic and social voice to the otherwise voiceless, Legislative Theatre is an
interactive dramaturgy. Working locally, Boal gets citizens to articulate their
concerns by developing plays that are then presented locally and to larger
audiences. The consequence of performance is a theatrical response from the
audience, the re-actor. The discussion that follows can lead to proposed
legislation addressing the concerns that generated the play in the first place.
According to the author, this forms a social bond, causes discussion, and
results in action. His book is also interactive, seeking responses from readers
to help produce a finished work. This loosely organized how-to is filled out
with speeches, articles, plays, and anecdotes. Recommended for theater history
and theory collections. --Thomas E. Luddy
The Rainbow Of Desire: The Boal
Method Of Theatre And Therapy
by Augusto Boal
The Rainbow of Desire
is Augusto Boal's bold and brilliant statement about the therapeutic ability of
theatre to liberate individuals and change lives. Now translated into English
and fully and comprehensively updated from the French, this books sets out the
techniques which help us ``see' for the first time the oppressions we have
internalized.
Boal, a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician, has been confronting
oppression in various forms for over thirty years. His belief that theatre is a
means to create the future rather than passively wait for it has inspired
hundreds of groups from all over the world to use his techniques in a multitude
of settings. This, his latest work, includes such exercises as: The cops in
the Head and Their Anti-Bodies, The Screen-Image, The Image of the Future we are
Afraid of and Image and Counter-Image.
--book description
Theatre Of The Oppressed
by Augusto Boal
Is the fundamental relationship between an actor and an audience an equal and active one, or is it a situation that encourages passivity and division? This is the question at the heart of Augusto Boal's revolutionary Theatre of the Oppressed, originally published in 1979. Boal, a Brazilian artist and activist, has written a work that challenges the very premise of Western theater, starting with Aristotle and the first dramatists, and explores what social constructs lie behind the traditional theater form. Then, having explained such often invoked (but rarely scrutinized) terms as imitation, tragedy, and justice, he puts forward a new type of drama that bridges the long-existing gap between theater and politics. Central to his thesis is an attempt to bring spectators into an active role with the drama, encouraging them to comment on the social situations they see presented and suggest potentials for change. Other chapters explore the writings of Hegel and Brecht, along with a lengthy analysis of one of the most profound political thinkers to ever pen a play, Machiavelli and his bitter comedy Mandragola. Boal's book is a challenging one for American actors often politically naive and heavily schooled in the traditions of Stanislavsky-based "naturalism," but this text is vital reading for activists, progressives, and all artists trying to effect social change. --John Longenbaugh
Playing Boal: Theatre, Therapy, Activism
by Mady Schutzman
This marvelous collection of material,
assembled and arranged by Jan Cohen-Cruz and Mady Schutzman, truly goes from the
entry level--sort of Basic Boal--to extremely interesting practical applications
that are very useful. It also addresses with great vigour the broader political
and social questions raised by Boal's work. This collection is urgently welcome.
–Douglas L. Paterson
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