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What are the basic elements of drama?
Brian Woodland (1993), describes the basic elements of drama as:
• Role Playing
• Acting as if you were someone else
• Acting as if you were yourself in another situation
• Narrative
• Ordering events to create meaning
• Using narrative as in story telling and plotting
• Language
• Verbal
• Non-verbal such as, body language, facial expression, the use of space
• Symbols and ritual
• Use of space and movement