Talking Objects’ is a Drama strategy that enables objects in a drama to speak in role. The objects can talk to themselves and to each other, and we can talk with the objects and question them too. The objects can tell us about characters, events and situations that they have been involved in, eye witnessed and/or overheard. Objects may have a particularly prominent place within a drama, for example the dagger that Macbeth used to kill Duncan, or less obvious objects may be present in scenes – for example a chair or wall may have much to tell.
Objects:
Students can become an object that they actually own, (a familiar object). In pairs, they take it in turns to talk in role as the object and then answer their partner's questions, as the object.
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