Augusto Boal

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.