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Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques, Including a New Appendix » (3)

Authors: Viola Spolin, Paul Sills (Editor), Paul Sills
ISBN-13: 9780810140080, ISBN-10: 081014008X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Date Published: July 1999
Edition: 3

	Editor's Note
	Paul Sills' Introduction
	Paul Sills' Sayings of Viola Spolin
	Alphabetical List of Exercises
	Acknowledgments
	Viola Spolin's Preface to the First Edition
	Viola Spolin's Preface to the Second Edition
	Theory and Foundation
Ch. I	Creative Experience	3
Ch. II	Workshop Procedures	18
	Exercises
Ch. III	Orientation	51
Ch. IV	Where	87
Ch. V	Acting with the Whole Body	135
Ch. VI	Non-Directional Blocking	145
Ch. VII	Refining Awareness	157
Ch. VIII	Broadcasting and Technical Effects	180
Ch. IX	Developing Material for Situations	189
Ch. X	Speech and Rounding-Out Exercises	206
Ch. XI	Emotion	219
Ch. XII	Character	233
	Children and the Theater
Ch. XIII	Understanding the Child	253
Ch. XIV	Fundamentals for the Child Actor	268
Ch. XV	Workshop for Six-to-Eight-Year-Olds	278
	Formal Theater and Improvisational Theater
Ch. XVI	Preparation	297
Ch. XVII	Rehearsal and Performance	307
Ch. XVIII	Post-Mortem and Special Problems	341
	Definition of Terms	355
	Glossary of Side-Coaching Phrases	374
App. I	New Exercises	379
App. II	Traditional Games	399