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How long does it take to read Theater Games for the Lone Actor?

Viola Spolin

Theater Games for the Lone Actor by Viola Spolin takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 28 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2001. 189 pages, about 51,975 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 28 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 10 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Viola Spolin's Theater Games for the Lone Actor offers theater games and side coaching for the solo player. Available for the first time, this handbook presents more than forty exercises that allow actors to side coach themselves at home, in rehearsal, or in performance. Building on her seminal Improvisation for the Theater, Spolin challenges the actor to develop an ability to enter present time, "a moment of full consciousness, awareness, continuous time, a timeless moment...with all of your responses awake and alert, ready to guide you...allowing you, the real you, your natural self, to emerge."". "Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the nature and practice of modern theater. Her work has inspired actors, directors, teachers, and writers in theater, television, and film. Her techniques have also influenced the fields of education, mental health, social work, and psychology."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Improvisation (Acting), Acting, Games, Performing arts, Acting, auditions

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