Impro
Subtitle: Improvisation and the Theatre
Publisher: Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781136610462
Subjects: Improvisation (Acting); Improvisation (Art dramatique); PERFORMING ARTS; Acting & Auditioning
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Title; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: Introduction; title: Notes on Myself; title: Status; title: Spontaneity; title: Narrative Skills; title: Masks and Trance; title: Appendix.