Download or read book Theatre of the Oppressed written by Augusto Boal and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The innovative Brazilian playwright, director and international lecturer explicates Aristotle's poetics and the philosophies of Machiavelli, Hegel and Brecht to determine the extent to which their chief components--imitation, catharsis and, ultimately, audience control--serve up to support the status quo of a society rather than facilitate change.