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Drama Games (Trinity College London)
openadjacent IDG relationpractice-based33 games as one-page PDFs · 5 sections, on a single hub page
A single-page teacher resource carrying thirty-three drama games as cards — Warm-ups, Team building, Improvisation, Devising and text-work — each with a one-line purpose and a downloadable one-page how-to-play PDF, aimed at Key Stage 3 and above. The page calls itself a free resource and flags which games are more inclusive of students with movement issues.
resources.trinitycollege.com/en/drama-games — Trinity College London — the examinations board, publishing 'as suggested by drama teachers'
License: © Trinity College London (site footer); the page presents itself as 'This free resource' with per-game PDFs offered for download; no reuse terms stated
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