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Improvisation in Drama

  • Textbook
  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Anthony Frost
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  2. Ralph Yarrow
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Part of the book series: New Directions in Theatre (NDT)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages ii-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 1-9

  3. Who? Major Practitioners of Improvisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Improvisation in Traditional Drama

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 13-54

    3. Improvisation in Alternative Drama

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 55-82

    4. Beyond Drama — Paratheatre

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 83-92

  4. What? The Practice of Improvisation: Improvisation Exercises

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Preparation

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 97-104

    3. Working Together

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 105-111

    4. Moving Towards Performance

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 112-125

    5. Applied Improvisation Work

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 126-140

  5. Why? The Meaning(s) of Improvisation: Towards a Poetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Enriching the Communication of Meaning

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 144-164

    3. Meaning and Performance

      • Anthony Frost, Ralph Yarrow
      Pages 165-181

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 182-214
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About this book

Improvisation is fundamental to all drama as the skill of using various resources to suggest an idea, a situation, a character, perhaps even a text, but it is also a technique for rehearsal of social statement and much more. Following an introduction to the multiple notions of improvisation, the authors examine four main areas of contemporary improvisation work, offer case studies of major practitioners and draw conclusions regarding the theoretical implications of the earlier discussions to move toward an understanding of the creation of 'meaning' in action. This book offers thoughtful reading for actors, students of drama, academics, scholars and general readers.

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