Keith Johnstone

Keith Johnstone entered the Royal Court Theatre as a new playwright in 1956: a decade later he emerged as a groundbreaking director and teacher of improvisation. His decisive book <i>Impro</i> (1979) described Johnstone's unique system of training: weaving together theories and techniques to encourage spontaneous collaborative creation using the intuition and imagination of the actors. Johnstone has since become world-renowned inspiring theatre greats and beginners alike; and his work continues to influence practice within and beyond the traditional theatre.<br/><br/>Theresa Robbins Dudeck is the first author to rigorously examine Johnstone's life and career using a combination of archival documents - many from Johnstone's personal collection - participant observation and interviews with Johnstone his colleagues and former students. <br/><br/><i>Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography</i> is a fascinating journey through the physical spaces that have served as Johnstone's transformative classrooms and into the conceptual spaces which inform his radical pedagogy and approach to artistic work.