MEMÓRIAS CONTRA O MEDO: ARTICULAÇÕES ENTRE MEMÓRIA, HISTÓRIA E TEATRO EM TEMPOS DE EXÍLIO E REPRESSÃO.

The present paper aims at an analysis of the relations between history, memory, theater and society using as instrument two works of the Brazilian playwright Augusto Boal. Murro em ponta de faca (1978) was written during the period in which Boal was exiled in Latin American and European countries due to the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil and reveals the sufferings of the exiles by the authoritarian regimes of the time. Hamlet e o filho do padeiro: memórias imaginadas (2000), another play mentioned in the paper, gathers the artist's memories about his childhood, youth and adult life. Between the memories of Boal as an subject, we also see the historical, political and social articulations that marked the aesthetic choices of the playwright. It is intended, therefore, to study theater together with memory (from it or through it) as an instrument of reflection and social transformation as was Boal's desire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]