1st Edition

Improvisation Discovery and Creativity in Drama

224 Pages

by Routledge

Description

First published in 1966, Improvisation embodies a revolutionary approach to the production of a play and the teaching of drama. It illustrates the way in which improvised dramatic situations help people to draw upon their imaginative resources and to extend awareness of themselves and others. It shows that drama can be a community activity that is deeply influential. The authors make many... Read more

Foreword Author’s Preface Part 1: Improvisation – its nature and purpose 1. Improvising in life and drama 2. Acting and responding 3. Living and responding Part 2: Improvising without using a text 4. Beginning and developing improvisation 5. Developing concentration and spontaneity 6. Stimulating the imagination 7. Dramatic concentration and communication 8. Building characterization 9. Discovering group relationships and extending awareness 10. Exploration of mood and feeling 11. Building a play from improvisation 12. Observation posts Part 3: Improvising using a text 13. Understanding the nature of a dramatic text 14. Seeing the play as a living whole 15. Understanding the kind of play 16. Sensing the shape and rhythm 17. Meeting and knowing the characters 18. Creating the atmosphere 19. Making reports real 20. Reality outside the text 21. Establishing the language and imagery 22. Relating the visual to the text 23. Planning a rehearsal programme