Impro

Improvisation and the Theatre

Keith Johnstone, Irving Wardle

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Routledge
07 January 1987

Theatre Studies; Acting techniques

Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, working as a play-reader and director, in particular helping to run the Writers' Group. The improvisatory techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers, called The Theatre Machine.

Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills', and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is both an ideas book and a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.

By: Keith Johnstone, Irving Wardle
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 226g
ISBN: 9780878301171
ISBN 10: 0878301178
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 07 January 1987
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Notes on Myself Status Spontaneity Narrative Skills Masks and Trance Appendix

Reviews for Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

""Impro ought to be required reading not only for theatre people generally but also for teachers, educators, and students of all kinds and persuassions. Readers of this book are not going to agree with everything in it; but if they are not challenged by it, if they do not ultimately succumb to its wisdom and whimsicality, they are in a very sad state indeed . . . .Johnstone seeks to liberate the imagination, to cultivate in the adult the creative power of the child . . . .Deserves to be widely read and tested in the classroom and rehearsal hall . . .Full of excellent good sense, actual observations and inspired assetions."" -- CHOICE: Books for College Libraries