Preface to the second edition: The Royal Shakespeare Company, theatre in prisons and landless peasants ; Postscript - with pride in our hearts -- Preface to the first edition: The fable of Xua-Xua, the prehuman woman who discovered theatre ; Postscript: actors and non-actors -- Theatre of the oppressed in Europe -- The structure of the actor's work -- The arsenal of theatre of the oppressed. Feeling what we touch (restructuring muscular relations) ; Listening to what we hear ; Dynamising several senses ; Seeing what we look at ; The memory of the senses ; Rehearsal exercises for any kind of play -- The early forms of forum theatre -- Forum theatre: doubts and certainties: incorporating a new method of rehearsing and devising a forum theatre model -- First experiences with invisible theatre -- Artistic creation and divine madness: a meditation on art and the miraculous -- Postscript: The pedagogy of fear - theatre and the Twin Towers: an essay after 11 September, 2001.