Most drama teachers would start off at the beginning. They would teach people about facial expression, body language, etc., and would continue this, they would then start to put the play into action. Gavin Bolton, a famous drama teacher once said;
"Our aims are helping children to understand, so that.. they are helped to face facts and to interpret them without prejudice; so that they develop a range and degree of identification with other people; so that they develop a set of principles, a set of consistent principles, by which they are going to live." - Gavin Bolton.
I think this means that teaching the children dram are just as important as teaching them French or maths. It means that, yes of course, drama is for fun and if you're lucky you make a living out of it but it also means that it helps the children to express their emotions much more.
The quote says “they are helped to face facts and to interpret them without prejudice.." This shows the children how to take things and understand and interpret them. It helps them to deal with things, positive or negative. If they had a role to play that they were grouchy old man/women. They would have to think "I have to think like a grouchy old man or women.. How can i do this to the best of my ability?" That would be a positive example, a negative example would be you have to be the thief or the murderer, the person would think "Okay, so I'm playing a Murderer, I need to concentrate as to what would make this more convincing. The costume, Body Language, Facial Expressions, and most importantly the personality of the character." Not only does drama help the reaction to roles in plays, but it also helps the real world as well. For example, if something bad happened, like a car crash or a fire in their house, they would have to take in the information and this is where drama would come in to help, drama would help them to think about it logically and sufficiently.
The quote means a lot.
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