No Drama, Just Theatre

Book excerpt: This book of plays has been written keeping in mind an age group of six and above. The children who will be reading this book will be able to apply quite easily the exercises and techniques that the book describes. Some will require facilitation by a trainer, of course, but many can be practiced at home as well. The book aims to be a guidebook for lessons in theatre and performance arts and is designed keeping in mind international syllabi for the same. The language used has been kept as simple as possible so as to help the children and teachers apply the techniques given. The activities and exercises described in the book range from techniques used by world-renowned theater artists to techniques that we ourselves devised in classrooms. The theme of the book, Folk Tales from Around the World, was chosen keeping in mind the fact that such plays would be best suited for children of that age. The plays included have been inspired by tales passed on from generation to generation in many lands across the seas.