Geraldine Page: the value of improvisation

• In an interview with Richard Schechner of the Tulane Drama Review, Geraldine Page said she thought improvisation was marvelous:
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• "Oh, I think it's marvelous! I love it. As a matter of fact, I adore it in performance...If you just say the lines as written, you often have to leap from mountain crag to mountain crag in your own thinking. But if you can improvise and stretch the fabric and poke around in it for a while, then you find  the links that aren't immediately observable."