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Quotation by Viola Spolin
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Improvisation for the Theater (1963)
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominated by adults who tell him what to do and when to do it—benevolent tyrants who dispense gifts to their "good" subjects and punishment to their "bad" ones, who are amused at the "cleverness" of children and annoyed by their "stupidities."
Viola Spolin (b. 1911), U.S. theatrical director, producer. Improvisation for the Theater, ch. 13 (1963).
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