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Quotes from Games for Actors and non-Actors — Augusto Boal

1931–2009 Brazil

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The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

Games for Actors and non-Actors (1992)

In its most archaic sense, theatre is the capacity possessed by human beings—and not by animals—to observe themselves in action.

Games for Actors and non-Actors (1992)

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.

Games for Actors and non-Actors (1992)

This is...how artists should be—we should be creators and also teach the public how to be creators, how to make art, so that we may all use that art together.

Games for Actors and non-Actors (1992)

It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.

Games for Actors and non-Actors (1992)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Augusto Boal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.