1st Edition
The Rainbow of Desire The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy
By Augusto Boal
Copyright 1994
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rainbow of Desire is a handbook of exercises with a difference. It 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 comprehensively updated from the French, Rainbow of Desire sets out the techniques which help us `see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalised. Boal,... Read more
Why This Book? My Three Theatrical Encounters; Part 1 The Theory; Chapter 1 Theatre, the First Human Invention; Chapter 2 Human Beings, A Passion and A Platform: the ‘Aesthetic Space’; Chapter 3 The Three Hypotheses of ‘The Cop in the Head’; Chapter 4 Experiences in Two Psychiatric Hospitals; Chapter 5 Preliminaries to the Utilisation of the Rainbow of Desire Techniques; Part 2; The Practice; Chapter 6 The Prospective Techniques; Chapter 7 The Introspective Techniques; Chapter 8 The Extraversion Techniques;
Biography
Augusto Boal is Vereador (Member of Parliament) of Rio de Janeiro and President of the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro and Paris. Previous publications include Games for Actors and Non-Actors and Theatre of the Oppressed, both of which have been translated into numerous languages.
Adrian Jackson is Associate Director of the London Bubble Theatre and is also a freelance director and teacher. He was the translator of Games for Actors and Non-Actors into the English language (Routledge 1992).
