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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 the year of Look Back in Anger in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, in particular helping to run the writers' group. The 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 a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity. If teachers were honoured in the British theatre along-side directors, designers and playwrights, Keith Johnstone would be as familiar a name as are those of Jocelyn Herbert, Edward Bond and other young talents who were drawn to the great lodestone of the Royal Court Theatre in the late 1950s. As head of the script department, Johnstone played a crucial part in the development of the 'writers' theatre ' (Irving Wardle)Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780413464309
eBay Product ID (ePID)87614967
Product Key Features
Book TitleImpro: Improvisation and the Theatre
AuthorKeith Johnstone
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTelevision
Publication Year1981
Number of Pages208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height200mm
Item Width130mm
Item Weight215g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorKeith Johnstone
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 14 Jun, 2019
A landmark book on improvisation
I was looking for an introduction to Keith Johnstone’s work and this was just what I was after!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Dec, 2017
Impro for good
Classic text - shouldn't have gone out of printVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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