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The Marriage War
Two lines face each other as if for a tug of war, and the front person of each line plays one half of a worn-out marriage: one cooked a special dinner that went cold hours ago, the other forgot it, went out drinking and has just come home in the middle of the night, inventing excuses. The front players argue — excuse against seeing-through — and the moment one runs dry the person behind them steps in without a pause. The page asks the group afterwards to try other relationships and gender norms and to notice what that does.
- An argument played by two lines of people who keep replacing the arguers can pick up momentum; the frame is a couple in conflict, which is close enough to real for some participants that a leader should watch the temperature
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- behavioral-rehearsal, perspective-taking, emotional-processing
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/aktenskapskriget — Dramaövningar.se, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik
In this directory via Dramaövningar.se
status: checked · added 2026-09-01