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Overview
The thoroughly revised third edition of the bible of improvisational theater.
Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of modern theater. The first two editions of Improvisation for the Theater sold more than 100,000 copies and inspired actors, directors, teachers, and writers in theater, television, film. These techniques have also influenced the fields of education, mental health, social work, and psychology.The revised edition features:
- 30 new exercises, including introductions (Slow/Fast/Normal; Extended Sound; Mirror Speech; Unrelated Conversation)
- More than 200 updated classic exercises
- new section of traditional theater games for warm-up use
- "Paul Sills' Sayings of Viola Spolin"
- New glossary of side-coaching phrases, with definitions of their meaning and value
- Alphabetical list of all games and exercises
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780810140080
- ISBN-10: 081014008X
- Publisher: Northwestern University Press
- Publish Date: July 1999
- Dimensions: 9.06 x 6.03 x 1.03 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
- Page Count: 412
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