ABSTRACT

Marina Jenkyns conveys the excitement of working therapeutically with dramatic text though a personal and highly readable analysis of plays from a variety of periods and cultures. Influenced by the theories of Winnicott and Klein she lays bare the dynamics of relationships and plots to show how they can be used to help us understand our own relationships to each other and the world around us. This highly innovative text integrates therapeutic practice and literature in an engaging and challenging book which will hold the attention of a wide audience.
This book contains new ideas for dramatherapy practice, theatre directors and teachers.

chapter 1|24 pages

DRAMATHERAPY

Through the lens of the play

chapter 2|34 pages

PLAYING WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET

chapter 3|23 pages

THEORY INTO PRACTICE

Means and methods

chapter 4|22 pages

BEGINNING

Roots by Arnold Wesker

chapter 5|30 pages

PAST INTO PRESENT – THE WIDER CONTEXT: CLOUD

Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill

chapter 6|28 pages

‘THAT WAY MADNESS LIES’: THURSDAY’S CHILD BY

Thursday’s Child by Daphne Thomas

chapter 7|16 pages

THE OPPRESSION OF TABOO: GHOSTS BY HENRIK

Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

chapter 8|29 pages

WALLS WITHIN WALLS – SOCIETY, FAMILY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

A Shaft of Sunlight by Abhijat Joshi

chapter 9|20 pages

DEATH AND ACCEPTANCE: RIDERS TO THE SEA BY

Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge

chapter 10|5 pages

THE EPILOGUE