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Peter Slade's Child Drama (1954): Foundational Theory, Pedagogical Impact, and 2026 Relevance
"Peter Slade's landmark publication Child Drama (1954) fundamentally altered the landscape of arts education, developmental psychology, and therapeutic theatre practice. Prior to Slade's work, drama for young people across the United Kingdom, North America, and Europe existed almost exclusively as miniature adult theatre—characterized by rote memorization of published scripts, rigid elocution exercises, and unnatural stage posturing under proscenium arches. Slade challenged this convention by asserting that children possess an inherent, evolutionary art form distinct from theatre: Child Drama. Writing in the post-Second World War era, Slade id..."
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