Impro - Improvisation and the Theatre

Keith Johnstone

ISBN 10: 0878301178 / ISBN 13: 9780878301171

Published by Routledge, 1992

About this Item

A Theatre Arts Book, New York, 1992. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. PRESENTATION COPY, Signed and personally inscribed by the director, writers and stars of the hit play The New Bozenas , including Rainn Wilson, David Costabile, Michael Dahlen and Kevin Isola. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. pp 208 includes appendix. Techniques & exercises. 4 sections Status; Spontaneity; Narrative Skills; Masks and trance. "here is an inexaustible supply of zany suggestions for unfrezing the petrified imagination', 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Covers are flat and true, corners are square. This Presentation Copy, Signed, Fine Condition book is a beautiful collectible copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Impro - Improvisation and the Theatre
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878301178
• ISBN 13: 9780878301171
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film and Enetertainment

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Keith Johnstone