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Discuss the nature and quality of make-belief play, and the particular ways in which it relates to drama.
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Discuss the nature and quality of make-belief play, and the particular ways in which it relates to drama. Drama in education requires an atmosphere of 'playfulness'. We must be prepared to play with ideas, our bodies, voice, self and others. Young children do this naturally, learning by thrilling experience of living. Children 'make' their world in ways not dissimilar from theatrical form. Children's play and theatre can be seen as constituting two ends of a continuum. These are theatre games and theatre. Drama in education inhabits the area in between. It can move towards the play end, where very young children are engaging in drama that is close to their own form of free play. The difference, however, is that it takes place as a result of teacher intervention, in that the teacher locates the drama activity in a particular aspect of living. Older students may work very close to the...
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