Children and Drama: Report on 2 articles.
Children and Drama compiled by Nellie McCaslin is a book, which encompasses works by many different authors. All of these articles seem to have a common theme, children in theater. By reviewing four articles we are able to come up with common methods amongst the authors. The four articles I chose to review were "Thoughts on Creative Process" by Virginia Tanner, "The Theater: A Side View" by Moses Goldberg, "From Literature to Drama to Life" by Nancy King, and "Drama-At the Core of the Curriculum" by John Hodgson. This essay will look at each piece individually and then bring them all together and see the similarities and differences throughout.
"The Theater: A Side View" by Moses Goldberg.
Creative drama is defined in this article by the "process of guiding the child to create"(128). Moses defines this because theater is the product of creation therefore creative drama is subsequently considered theater on some level. .
Moses uses the approach of laboratory research to further develop the ideas of creative drama. This approach would allow the researchers to contain the variables and manipulate them (129). That would then allow researchers to see how theater is formed and how creative drama plays a role in that formation. One of the large points made in this approach is how the audience changes in relation to the changes in the protagonists of a play. If the protagonist goes from sweet and innocent to loud mouthed and vulgar the audience will then react differently. They will probably not believe the protagonist therefore lose interest in them. Moses also uses the approach of developmental theater to find connections to creative drama. He believes that developmental theater includes both children's theater and creative drama. The difference between the two comes in the execution of each piece. Children's theater centers itself around the audience where as traditional creative drama centers on the participants.
Drama, a five letter word that is used worldwide, everyday. ... Drama can be molded and shaped to transform the mind. ... So as drama grew in Greece, Rome grew in itself, and eventually took over. ... This included architecture, literature, and artwork but primarily drama. ... Another event within that same Hmong refugee camp occurred in 1985 after five rabid dogs rampaged through the camp biting children. ...
Part of the richness of children's lives is their play, including language play. ... All types of children can be reached and can be taught good communication skills. ... Teachers tend to relegate drama to theater courses, isolating drama techniques from most classrooms. ... Creative Drama is not learning about drama, but learning through drama. ... Language is a central tool of Creative Drama. ...
What is a good drama book? What makes a good drama story? First of all, to categorize a good drama book or story the reader has to define what is drama to them. ... I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. ... You"re one of my own children!" ...
Considering their fervent believe in rule by many, its not surprising that many Greek dramas revolve around an individual hero or a king's fall from power because of pride or some other personality flaw. ... He is cast out and his children, the products of incest, will be shunned. ... He has abandoned his wife and children in order to marry Creon's daughter and join the royal family. ... He lies and says that he is remarrying for the good of Medea and the children, so that they too may be royalty. ... Medea in her anger kills Creon and his daughter, and then kills her own children, o...
A Doll's House - A Realistic Problem Drama A Doll's House, a realistic problem drama by Henrik Ibsen, slams the door on the static social conventions of the nineteenth century European society. ... His dramas centred on his society with its false morality and manipulation of public opinion and how individuals operated within this society. ... She is married to and has had children by "a stranger", somebody who has always treater her like a child and a possession. ... (Act III line 632-633), she says to Helmer; and shortly afterwards she continues that the same applies to her rela...
One of the most significant is the drama of Realism. ... Ibsen is considered the father of modern Drama. ... A Doll's House is a good example of realistic drama. Nora is searching for freedom but must sacrifice her children to gain freedom. ... Simonds stated "Nora goes forth, but we feel she will one day return; her children will bring her back. ...
She bore him eleven children between 1609 and 1624; and continued to expand her education by reading continually in history, poetry, moral philosophy, and the Church Fathers (Beilin). ... Her husband dismissed her back to England, had her placed under house arrest, and tried to take custody of the children (Krontiris). ... Ultimately she brought six of her children to Catholicism, spiriting two sons" abroad to receive a Jesuit education, and leading four daughters to join a convent (Beilin). She is renowned as the first woman to write a tragic drama in English, The Tragedy of Ma...
In this study, it examined the association of how parents handled themselves, family drama, divorce or separation, and child disruptive behaviors. ... These questions helped estimate the denouement antisociality and disruptive familial drama had on the corresponding children with Disruptive Behavior Disorder symptoms. ... There was a direct interconnection, with profound numbers of children with DBDs. ... The numbers grew as the anxiety and drama in the family environment developed. ... This could be that mothers are closer to the children, have more influence with the children, as where som...
