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The World According to Keith

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Post by kbadr »

Anyone seen this?

http://www.keithjohnstone.com/documentary.htm

Anyone have a copy of it?

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Post by acrouch »

Nope and nope.

But when asked what his improv reccommended readings were, Mick Napier recommended Something Wonderful Right Away and ...

Impro by Keith Johnstone -- which he said he found inspiring.
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acrouch wrote:But when asked what his improv reccommended readings were, Mick Napier recommended Something Wonderful Right Away and ...
First I've heard of that one. Anyne have it? It is just a history, or is it a techniques book also?

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Something Wonderful Right Away is an oral history of early Chicago Improv. Some other places that fed Chicago, too. I read it a long time ago and can't remember much. It's in the Hideout Library.
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