How the theater has been used to promote social change 5 Articles

by Michael Bettencourt

Raising Consciousness On a playwright's listserv where I lurk, the contributors recently had a set-to about whether plays and playwrights should raise the consciousness of their audiences/readers. They skirmished and p...read more

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by Jane Smith

Perhaps the ability for theatre to influence social change is influenced by the availability of other entertainment or information in the society. Theatre as an agent of social change could be lost in the noise of advertis...read more

by Allie T

English Restoration: English Theater 1642-1800 The years between 1642-1660 were known as the Interregnum (meaning a time between kings). There was very little theater activity in England, because Puritans worked to ...read more

by Beverley Davies

A Pragmatic View from the Mainstream: 'Propaganda' is an emotive word, conjuring up images of fascistic regimes indoctrinating armies of malleable agents to do their dirty work. But in a free and stable country, the di...read more

by Rob Hayes

Considered as a revolutionary in the world of theatre, Augusto Boal has worked for over 50 years to highlight the social issues that afflict the people of South America, even putting his life at risk by speaking out agains...read more