If you are interested in learning more about improvisation, check out these books. Date listed is most recent known printing.

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Barker, Clive
Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training, Eyre Methuen (UK), 1977

Bell , Linda & Stockley
Improvisation Through TheatreSports, Thespis Productions, 1989

Bernardi, Philip
Improvisation Starters: A Collection of 900 Improvisation Situations for the Theater, Betterway Publications, 1992

Boal, Augusto
Games for Actors and Non-Actors, Routledge, 1992

Boyd, Neva
Handbook of Recreational Games, 1945
Brook, Peter

The Empty Space, Avon , 1969
The Shifting Point, Harper & Rowe, 1987

Caruso, Sandra & Clemens, Paul
The Actor's Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations for the Teacher and the Actor, Penguin, 1992

Chekhov, Michael
On The Technique of Acting, Harper, 1993

Coleman, Janet
The Compass (History of The Compass/Second City), Knopf, 1990

Frost, Anthony & Yarrow, Ralph
Improvisation in Drama, St. Martinâs Press, 1989

Goldberg, Andy
Improv Comedy, Samuel French, 1991

Halpern, Charna & Close , Del & Johnson, Kim
Truth In Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation, Meriwether, 1994

Johnstone, Keith
Don't Be Prepared, Loose Moose, 1995
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre  , Theatre Arts Books, 1979

Marowitz, Charles
The Act of Being, Taplinger, 1978

Meisner, Sanford & Longwell, Dennis
Sanford Meisner on Acting, Vintage, 1987

Scher, Anna & Verra, Charles
200+ Ideas for Drama, Heinemann, 1975

Sills, Paul
More Story Theatre, Samuel French, 1981
Story Theatre, Samuel French, 1971

Spolin, Viola
Improvisation for the Theatre, Northwestern University Press, 1963
Theatre Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook, Northwestern University Press, 1985
Theatre Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook, Northwestern University Press, 1986

Stanislavski, Kpaonstantin
An Actor Prepares, Theatre Arts Books, 1989

Sweet, Jeffrey
Something Wonderful Right Away (re The Compass/ Second City), Limelight Editions, 1986

Wirth, Jeff
Interactive Acting, Fall Creek Press, 1994