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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

1979 book by Keith Johnstone

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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre is a book written in 1979 by theatre educator Keith Johnstone. The book is divided into four sections: "Status", "Spontaneity", "Narrative Skills", and "Masks and Trance". Much of the book is based on his experiences as a teacher and as an associate director of the Royal Court Theatre in London.

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