Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook

by Viola Spolin

Book Overview

This handbook guides directors and their companies step-by-step through all phases of the rehearsal period. Distilling her lifetime of experience in the theater, Spolin shows in easy-to-follow detail... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810140020
• ISBN13: 9780810140028
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

From the Back Cover...

"Theater Games for Rehearsal is a practical application of the famous methods which have led Viola Spolin to be called 'the high priestess of improvisational theater.' Spolin's first book since the best-selling Improvisation for the Theater, this handbook guides directors and their companies step-by-step through all phases of the rehearsal period. Distilling her lifeitme of experience in the theater, Spolin shows in easy-to-follow detail how her techniques can be used in a variety of theater situations, ranging from selecting plays to be performed, auditioning the cast, building a harmonious company, warming up the actors, creating stage space...."

theatre games for rehersal

This is a MUST for any director... I LOVED and use it constantly.... I bought it cheaper at a bookstore... but it is great