Meaning of role-play | Babel Free

Definitions

Dated form of roleplay.

alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“As the courses became more creative, however, the trainer became progressively dissatisfied with these set rôle-plays.”

“Though he is appalled by what he is doing, Sizwe feels the force of Buntu’s argument, especially when he resorts to rôle-play to image for this reluctant actor the new ‘Robert’ in the line on pay-day at Feltex, or walking into Sales House to buy a new suit, or becoming a respected member of his local church.”

“In rôle-plays, what really matters is that you communicate the messages so that a French person would understand them.”

“It follows from this that theatrical improvisation is open-ended. It would be wrong to infer from this, however, that an improvisation is beyond any control. On the contrary, an improvisation (like a rôle-play of children for that matter) needs to be framed very carefully.”

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