«Come Closer»: Critical Perspectives on Theatre of the Oppressed

by Ellie Friedland

In Come Closer, community activists, scholars, and theatre artists describe their Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) work and how they are transforming TO for new purposes, new audiences, and new settings. Each chapter features a first-person narrative on how the authors' work both honors and transforms the vision of Augusto Boal, whose imaginative response to human oppression offers the world an aesthetic intervention that has the power to move...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433113708
• ISBN13: 9781433113703
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"