Improvisation for the theater : a handbook of teaching and directing techniques /
by Viola Spolin.
- 3rd ed.
- Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 1952.
- lv, 412 p. ; 24 cm.
This edition co-edited by Carol Bleackley Sills and Paul Sills.
Includes bibliographical references.
Theory and foundation: ch. I. Creative experience -- ch. II. Workshop procedures -- Exercises: ch. III. Orientation -- ch. IV. Where -- ch. V. Acting with the whole body -- ch. VI. Non-directional blocking -- ch. VII. Refining awareness -- ch. VIII. Broadcasting and technical effects -- ch. IX. Developing material for situations -- ch. X. Speech and rounding-out exercises -- ch. XI. Emotion -- ch. XII. Character -- Children and the theater: ch. XIII. Understanding the child -- ch. XIV. Fundamentals for the child actor -- Ch. XV. Workshop for six-to-eight-year-olds -- Formal theater and improvisational theater: ch. XVI. Preparation -- ch. XVII. Rehearsal and performance -- ch. XVIII. Post-mortem and special problems.