| Games for Actors and Non-actors | 
 enlarge | Author: Augusto Boal
Creator: Adrian Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3631
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0415267080
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028
EAN: 9780415267083
ASIN: 0415267080
Publication Date: August 22, 2002
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 Surprisingly good! February 22, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
In all honesty I bought this book as it was on the book list for my drama degree not because it interested me. But as I am reading it I am finding that it is not only easy to read but it is actually enjoyable too! It is very east to sit and read a chapter without having to re-read over every paragraph because you have forgotten what you have just read! I would recommend this book to anyone who is working in schools or with the community as it has a lot of insight and many simple but effective games and ideas.
 Essential manual for anyone in theatre March 9, 1999
54 out of 55 found this review helpful
Roughly divided into three sections, Boal's Games for Actors and Non-Actors is by now a bible in the trade and is far more readable than the dense (but rewarding) Theatre of the Oppressed. The first part outlines, with relevant examples, the methods known as Image, Invisible and Forum Theatre and gives very practical advice to potential practitioners. In the second section, Boal takes us through a wealth of games and exercises which are devoted to integrating groups, exploring the senses, politicising the actor, releasing expression. They are invaluable and are stimulating (I have used them with diverse groups - trainers, actors, the deaf community, people with Down Syndrome, the elderly, teachers, theatre directors). The third section looks at problems arising from and issues associated with Forum theatre, and leads the way towards his subsequent work in Legislative Theatre. Adrian Jackson provides a wonderfully lucid translation which captures the energy and dynamism of Boal's voice.
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