Organised by Clara de Andrade[1]

Boal graduates in Industrial Chemestry, 1952 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Gal Costa, Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé e Pitti in Arena conta Bahia (Arena tells Bahia), São Paulo, 1965 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Maria Bethânia in Show Opinião (Opinion Show), São Paulo, 1965 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Marilia Medalha and Dina Sfat in Arena conta Zumbi (Arena tells Zumbi), São Paulo, 1965 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Cover of the programme bill of the first Festival of Opinion, São Paulo,1968 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

A resistível ascensão de Arturo Ui (The Resitible Rise of Arturo Ui), de Bertolt Brecht, with Giafrancesco Guarnieri and the cast of Teatro de Arena, São Paulo, 1970 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Hélio Ari, Fernando Peixoto, Isabel Ribeiro, Benê, Zezé Motta and Cecília Thumin Boal, in Arena Conta Zumbi (Arena tells Zumbi), México 1970 © Emanuel (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Boal in a playful demonstration of his play, written in Buenos Aires, O grande acordo internacional do tio Patinhas (El gran acuerdo international del tipo Patilludo), 1971 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Torquemada, written in Tiradentes Jail, in São Paulo, performed in Buenos Aires, 1971 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Torquemada in Buenos Aires, 1971 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Torquemada in Buenos Aires, 1971 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Torquemada by students of New York University, New York, 1971 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Boal with Émile Copfermann,first editor of the Teatro do Oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed) in France (Ed. Maspero), Paris, 1978 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Peter Brook with members of the audience doing an exercise directed by Boal at Teatro Cacilda Becker, Rio de Janeiro, 1980 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Murro em ponta de faca, written and directed by Boal, at the Schauspielhaus, Graz, Áustria, 1980 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Boal with some students in the workshop of Teatro do Oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed), in Áustria, 1980 © Margarete Neundlinger (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Workshop of the Teatro de Oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed, in Áustria, 1980 @ Margarete Neundlinger (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Boal with the cast of Nada mais a Calingasta (Calingasta), world première of Julio Cortázar’s play, directed by Boal at the Schauspielhaus in Graz – Áustria, 1982 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Julio Cortázar after seeing the performance directed by Augusto Boal © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

The Centre for the Theatre of the Opressed of Paris opens at the Theatre Cacilda Becker, Rio de Janeiro, 1980 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Rehearsal of Erendira, adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s novel and directed by Boal, Théâtre de L’Est Parisien, Paris, 1983 © Jacques Gayard (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Erendira, adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s novel and directed by Boal, Théâtre de L’Est Parisien, Paris, 1983 @ Jacques Gayard (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Erendira, adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s novel and directed by Boal, at the Théâtre de L’Est Parisien, Paris, 1983 @ Jacques Gayard (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Performance of the Teatro do Oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed) at a public school, Rio de Janeiro 1986 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Invitation to the preview of Fedra, by Racine, translated by Millor Fernandes, directed by Augusto Boal, performed by Fernanda Montenegro, Fernando Torres and Edson Celulari, Rio de Janeiro 1986 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Fernanda Montenegro in Fedra, by Racine, Rio de Janeiro1986 © Claudia Ferreira (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Performance of the Teatro do Oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed), at the CCBB, when a lady invades the stage and creates what would be named Teatro-Fórum, Rio de Janeiro, 1993 © Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO

Boal with Lula © Jorge Nunes (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Boal with Paulo Freire (by his wife Anita Freire) after being condecorated by Boal, Rio de Janeiro, 1995 © Mariana de Sousa (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)

Cover of the American edition of Teatro do Oprimido

Cover of the Brazilian edition of Stop! ces’t magique

Augusto Boal photographed by Fabian Boal, 2002 (Courtesy of Augusto Boal Archive UNIRIO)
[1] Clara de Andrade is an actress living in Rio de Janeiro. She is a postgraduation student and researcher of Performance Arts (Artes Cénicas) at the University of Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO. Her main research is on performance processes and methods developed by Augusto Boal while in exile.
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