Theatre under the storm: a critical reading of A tempestade, by Augusto Boal

Authors

  • Patricia Freitas dos Santos Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v18i1p85-97

Keywords:

Political theatre, exile, Augusto Boal

Abstract

Written in the most solitary moment of Augusto Boal’s professional life, A tempestade brings not only a historical analysis of the numerous political and artistic defeats suffered by the Latin American left, but also an answer to the paralysis largely promoted by the dictatorships since the 1960’s. This reading takes as a starting point the dialectical relation established by the play both with its historical moment and with the theatrical work produced by Boal until then.

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Author Biography

  • Patricia Freitas dos Santos, Universidade de São Paulo

    Mestra em Artes Cênicas pela Escola de Comunicações
    e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA-USP)

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Published

2018-06-30

Issue

Section

BRAZIL

How to Cite

Santos, P. F. dos. (2018). Theatre under the storm: a critical reading of A tempestade, by Augusto Boal. Sala Preta, 18(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3867.v18i1p85-97