page_title: Augusto Boal
hierarchical_section_title: Augusto Boal
caption_attribution_description: English: Brazilian theater director and writer Augusto Boal presenting his Theater of the Oppressed at Riverside Church in New York City.
context_page_description: Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician.
  He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal served one term as a Vereador in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997. He developed the legislative theatre.
  Boal died from respiratory failure caused by leukemia, aged 78.
context_section_description: Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 - 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician. 
  He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian version of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997. He developed the legislative theatre.
  Boal died from respiratory failure caused by leukemia, aged 78.
caption: Boal presenting a workshop on the Theatre of the Oppressed at the Riverside Church in New York, 13 May 2008.
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