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| author        = [[Keith Johnstone]]
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| country       = England
| language      = English
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| subject       = [[Acting]]
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| publisher     = [[Faber and Faber]]
| pub_date      = 1979
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| isbn          = 9780571109890
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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".<ref>{{Cite web
| title = A & C BLACK : Impro - Keith Johnstone
| accessdate = 2011-06-30
| url = http://www.acblack.com/Impro/Keith-Johnstone/books/details/9780713687019
| archive-date = 2011-09-27
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927222025/http://www.acblack.com/Impro/Keith-Johnstone/books/details/9780713687019
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> 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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==External links==
{{Cite web
| title = The Stage / Advice
| accessdate = 2011-06-30
| url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/connect/acblack/improkj.php
| archive-date = 2011-07-11
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711065417/http://www.thestage.co.uk/connect/acblack/improkj.php
| url-status = dead
}} -excerpt from ''The Stage'' newspaper
[[Category:Improvisational theatre]]
[[Category:Non-fiction books about theatre]]
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[[Category:Faber & Faber books]]