THEATRE OF SPONTANEITY REVISITED

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  • JONATHAN FOX Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12926/hh9g3r47

Keywords:

SPONTANEITY

Abstract

This pithy volume is a treasure trove of the thoughts of J. L. Moreno just as he stood on the cusp of originating psychodrama. It contains some of Moreno's most famous utterances and much of his bedrock philosophy. I initially drafted this essay to preface a proposed revised edition of Moreno's book; here, I look back on the horizon of its writing.

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Diener, G. (1973). Goethe and psychodrama: The relation of the delusionary process in Goethe's Lila to analytic psychology and to psychodrama. In J. L. Moreno, Theatre of spontaneity (3rd ed. rev.). Beacon, NY: Beacon House.

Smith, A. B. W. (1931). Author commentary. Impromptu, I, (2).

Marineau, R. (1989). Jacob Levy Moreno: 1889-1974: Father of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy. London: Tavistock/Routledge.

Marineau, R. (1990). J. L. Moreno: Sa vie, son euwre. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Editions Saint-Martin.

Moreno, J. L. (1924). Das Stegreiftheater. Berlin/Potsdam: Gustav KipenheuerVerlag.

Moreno, J. L. (1947). The theatre of spontaneity (2nd ed. rev.). Beacon, NY: Beacon House.

Moreno, J. L. (1973). The theatre of spontaneity (3rd ed. rev.). Beacon, NY: Beacon House.

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2026-01-23

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Vol. 59 No. 2 (2006): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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