Who is Augusto Boal from Theatre of the Oppressed and what is their importance? Theatre_of_the_Oppressed English & Literature Augusto Boal | Theatre of the Oppressed

Augusto Boal is the author of Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal is one of the active forces behind the Arena Theater in Brazil and the creator of the Joker system. He analyzes theater from a Marxist perspective, and he believes that the function of theater is the education of the masses in preparation for a revolution. The theater of the oppressed is theater opposed to oppression.