Keith Johnstone: a critical biography
Keith Johnstone entered the Royal Court Theatre as a new playwright in 1956: a decade later he emerged as a groundbreaking director and teacher of improvisation. His decisive book Impro (1979), described Johnstone's unique system of training: weaving together theories and techniques to encourage spontaneous, collaborative creation using the intuition and imagination of the actors. Johnstone has since become world-renowned, inspiring theatre greats and beginners alike; and his work continues to …
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- Full title :Keith Johnstone : a critical biography / Theresa Robbins Dudeck.
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Keith Johnstone entered the Royal Court Theatre as a new playwright in 1956: a decade later he emerged as a groundbreaking director and teacher of improvisation. His decisive book Impro (1979), described Johnstone's unique system of training: weaving together theories and techniques to encourage spontaneous, collaborative creation using the intuition and imagination of the actors. Johnstone has since become world-renowned, inspiring theatre greats and beginners alike; and his work continues to influence practice within and beyond the traditional theatre. Theresa Robbins Dudeck is the first author to rigorously examine Johnstone's life and career using a combination of archival documents - many from Johnstone's personal collection - participant observation, and interviews with Johnstone, his colleagues and former students. [This] is a fascinating journey through the physical spaces that have served as Johnstone's transformative classrooms, and into the conceptual spaces which inform his radical pedagogy and approach to artistic work.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 217 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781408185520, 1408185520, 9781408183274, 1408183277
- oclc:ocn854907806
- LC Classification:PN2598.J54
- Dewey Decimal:792.092
Table of Contents
Introducing Keith Johnstone and his Impro System -- The formative years -- All the world is a classroom -- The master teacher in the university classroom -- From classroom to world stage: The Loose Moose Theatre Company -- What now? What comes next? What classrooms still remain?
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