William Shakespeare quoted, "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts". The world is the stage and all of us are constantly pushing ourselves to live better, do better and achieve better. We enter and leave this world abruptly but we all do come and exit with a purpose. And here we are in the street of Venice, on Gomtu Higher Secondary School's stage.
William Shakespeare's plays are still cherished, remembered, and studied all across the world. He believed that Drama is an imitation of real-life events. Thus, there is a need for students to study his play through dramatization.
(Photo courtesy, Bishnu Bhakta, a teacher at Gomtu HSS)
We often use role-play in a classroom situation to teach drama however, role-play doesn't do justice to the beauty of dramatization. In dramatization, we use props, stage, and costume and the actors get into a character of the play while staging it, giving lives to the dialogues and the book that students open on exam day.
(Photo courtesy, Bishnu Bhakta, a teacher at Gomtu HSS)
Class XI Arts and Science students of Gomtu Higher Secondary School walked the extra mile to learn William Shakespeare's play through dramatization. They worked for weeks preparing costumes, and props, and practicing drama and were able to bring out a catharsis effect the in the audience. It was fulfilling for me to watch them shine on the stage as their English teacher. Nothing could make me happier than being able to bring out the imagination into reality.
(Photo courtesy, Bishnu Bhakta, a teacher at Gomtu HSS, Photographed with the head of the school, the English teacher, and The winner of the Drama Competition)
Dramatization may sound old school, but is there any other better way to learn drama than dramatization? Dramas need to be staged to learn!
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