Description
A journeyer to the spiritual mount. Part 1 The Origins of Role: Hamlet's soliloquy and the paradox of drama; Role ambivalence; The origins of role in drama/theatre; The origin of role in the social sciences; The origin of role in art and literature; From role metaphor to role concept. Part 2 The Development of Role: The human being as role recipient; The human being as role-taker; The human being as role-player; The role system. Part 3 The Drama Therapy Role Method: The invocation of the role; The naming of the role; The playing out/working through of the role; Exploring alternative qualities in sub-role; Reflecting upon role-play - discovering role qualities, functions and styles inherent in the role; Relating the fictional role to everyday life; Integrating roles to create a functional role system; Social modelling. Part 4 The Case of Michael: The treatment - Beginnings; The three bears; The Lawyer; Black rage; The boy who learned to burn; Fathers and sons; The judge and the raincoat; The mask of the actor; The critic; The blind girl; An integration. Part 5. The Case of Michael, part II: The kiss; The wooden clogs and the rubber boots; The marriage proposal; The glass heart; Bugs; More glass; Me vida abajo (My life down there); The confused searcher; The beat of black wings; My father's body; Mickey and Jake - you dream at your own risk; Victor/victim; The ring; Postscript. Part 6 The Case of Hansel and Gretel - An Example of a Drama Therapy Group: Implications of the role method for diagnosis; Evaluation. Part 7 Role in Everyday Life: Role type and archetype; Somatic roles; Cognitive roles; Affective roles; Social/cultural roles; Spiritual roles; Aesthetic roles. Part 8 A Taxonomy of Roles - Building a Theatrical Archetype System: The form of the taxonomy - The taxonomy of roles. Part 9 The Taxonomy - Cognitive and Affective Domains: Domain - cognitive, affective. Part 10 The Taxonomy - Social Domain: Domain - social. Part 11 The Taxonomy - Spiritual and Aesthetic Domains: Domain - spiritual, aesthetic; The use and significance of the taxonomy.