Difference Between Drama And Play: The Wrath Of Scar

As assigned to us, we have put up a play entitled “The Wrath of Scar” on 13th April 2016 in order to fulfill our coursework requirement. It is a sequel of the movie “Lion King” where it is adapted to bring out the theme of good versus evil to the audiences. In the article “Difference between Drama and Play” (2015), it states drama as a form of written literature which is either prose or verse, usually in dialogue-form that is intended for performance whereas play refers to the written work of the playwright (script) as well as the onstage production. To simplify, drama is meant for reading and play is meant for performing. I felt that we have presented a great performance and the team production are the best. There are 19 of us in our team

This is because as McNew (2016) stated, from a very young age children find animals fascinating and often develop special relationships with them. They accepts animals as friends and not as pets. There is one part in the movie when Rafiki said “The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it”. The same message is presented in the play when Simba rised up after was defeated by Scar for the second time. It portrays the meaning of never giving up and yet learning from the mistakes. From the same scene, I can also bring in the value of family relation as Simba listened to his father’s advice, Mufasa, at the climax of the play. From here, the value of respecting elders can be derived for the pupils to

Even though it is an unavoidable technical problem but it has a big impact to the play. This is because lightning effects the whole scene set on stage. It influences the mood of the casts as well as the audiences’ view.

As conclusion, drama play can be one of the way to develop pupils’ thought and language. The use of drama in the classroom reflects a social constructivist perspective of learning which is active, social, and centered in students’ experiences and provides an effective way to teach oral language as well as literacy (Wagner, 2003, as cited in Cox, 2014). It is also stated that the mental images that children draw on during play are necessary for linguistic development. Thus, it shows that this can be one of the methods for teachers to make the teaching meaningful and at the same time is