자료유형  

 단행본

International Standard Book Number  

9781350069039 : \45330

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

792.028-21

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Johnstone, Keith by

Title Statement  

Impro : improvisation and the theatre / Keith Johnstone ; with an Introduction by Irving Wardle

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Physical Description  

201 p ; 22 cm

Bibliography, Etc. Note  

Includes bibliographical references

Summary, Etc.  

요약In this landmark work Keith Johnstone provides a revelatory guide to rediscovering and unlocking the imagination. Admired for its clarity and zest, Impro lays bare the techniques and exercises used to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors. These techniques and exercises were evolved in the actors＇ studio, when he was Associate Director of the Royal Court and 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 approaches 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

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Improvisation (Acting)

Added Entry-Personal Name  

Wardle, Irving an Introduction by

Added Entry-Uncontrolled Related/Analyti  

improvisation and the theatre

Control Number  

sacl:140489