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391 BCE
Atellan Farce
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476
(Fall of Rome)
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935
(Hroswitha)
(Considered by some to be the first person since antiquity to compose drama in the Latin West.) -
1545
Commedia dell'arte
(Italy)
(Outlawed in 1797) -
Shakespeare
(purported career: 1589-1613) -
Moliere
(France)
(Career: 1645-1673) -
Goldoni
(Italy)
(Servant Of Two Masters - Commedia plot) -
Vaudeville
(approx. 1880-1930) -
Neva Boyd
Hull House, Chicago -
Viola Spolin
WPA Recreational Program (Chicago) -
Spolin
Young Actors Company (Hollywood) -
Dudley Riggs
Instant Theatre Co. -
Spolin
Playwright's Theatre Club (Chicago) -
Compass Players
(Chicago) -
Keith Johstone
Royal Court Theatre (London) -
Instant Theatre Co,
(Minneapolis) -
The Second City
(Chicago) -
Johnstone - 11 Men Dead At Holla Camp
(London) -
Spolin, Jo Forsberg
(Chicago) -
Improvisation For The Theater, Spolin
(Chicago) -
The Committee
(San Francisco)(until 1972) -
Theatre Machine - Johnstone
(London) -
The Harold (The Committee)
(San Francisco)(Concord) -
End of the Lord Chamberlain's Censorship
(London, UK) -
Player's Workshop
(Chicago)(through 2000)
(Second City)(IO) -
Johnstone - University of Calgary
(Calgary, Canada) -
Second City, Toronto
(Toronto, Canada) -
The Groundlings (Gary Austin)
(Los Angeles) -
Playback Theatre, Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas
(New York) -
Loose Moose - Theatresports
(Calgary) -
Impro : Improvisation And The Theatre - Johnstone
Calgary -
VTSL
(Vancouver, BC) -
Improv Olympic
(Chicago) -
Unexpected Productions
(Seattle) (Seattle Theatresports) -
BATS Improv
(San Francisco) (Theatresports) -
Whose Line Is It Anyway (BBC Radio)
(London) -
Whose Line Is It Anyway (BBC TV)
(London) -
Upright Citizens Brigade
(New York) -
Whose Line Is It Anyway
(US)