| Description |
xi, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1: The nature of spontaneity -- pt. 2: Descriptions of spontaneous experience: Search for joy -- Overture and beginners -- The public -- Blood sacrifice -- Kings and chemists -- Illegal and unrecognised drama in a preparatory school -- A Christmas fantasy with the family next door -- Dance drama on the downs and epic drama on horses -- Nelson and the battle of the Rhine -- Hockey in Regent Street, the fish's eye and the little yellow god at four in the morning -- pt. 3: Spontaneity for others -- Acting-in-the-round; a sudden meeting -- Bernard Shaw and the moon on the yellow beacon or a midsummer night supreme -- The 'ideas game' and a good bit of blood -- The king of Pompatti, Podgebox and the Royal Balloon -- The legend of The Lady of Shalott, Mr. Growser of Toytown, Sir Jan and Lorna Doone -- Electric currant buns and the copper tap chaps -- Two dolphins, Caliban and a whale -- The genius and the mouse -- Jakes Heslop, the Injuns and his girl, a pageant on motor-bikes -- An agricultural fairy story -- pt. 4: A new era: a short preface to descriptions subsequent to becoming full-time drama advisor -- The gallant captain and the beautiful matron -- Youth ballet or murder on page four -- Unserious leading to serious -- Flood and mermaids to the rescue -- Umbrella, trees and the girl without a mother -- The blue hat -- Deep theatre, despite the dancing cows -- Plumbottle Institute and the corn that clapped -- Ice cream and boiling blood -- Blue glasses, milk churns and a gramophone -- The bird and the orange peel -- The musician who smiled -- Miracle for a blind girl -- Cold beginnings, which warmed up -- Vienna and the hungry musician -- Putting Mike together again -- Codfish and the chicken in striped pyjamas -- Youth and his dream of the future -- A hazardous adventure -- Golden moments -- Interpol and the electric roller skates -- Street gangs and bombs in the garden -- Grace and outburst -- Theatre-in-the-round, monsters and atomic treacle -- Television, ghosts and the city council -- Where now? |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 297-300 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 297-300 |
| Subject |
Drama.
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Improvisation (Acting)
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Spontaneity (Personality trait)
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| LC no. |
71406801 |
| ISBN |
0582310288 |
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