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14 years, 9 months ago at Jul 15 10:47
Without adoubt a must read book for anyone interested in the performing arts. But I would say everyone would get a lot from this book, a fascinating, page turning, educational book.
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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 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.
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Manufacturer: Routledge
Release date: 7 January 1987
ISBN-10 : 0878301178 | ISBN-13: 9780878301171
Release date: 7 January 1987
ISBN-10 : 0878301178 | ISBN-13: 9780878301171
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