Psychodrama in Britain: Prophecy and Legacy

Abstract

This article reviews classical psychodrama in Britain and its development from 1973 to 1988, a 15-year time span. The actual warm up to this development included a demonstration in London by J. L. Moreno and a prophetic psychodrama in which the author was protagonist. The enactment of the plan and the sharing of Moreno's action methods are discussed. Some commonalities of the New York Beacon Academy training program and the Holwell Centre for Psychodrama and Sociodrama training model are presented. The article also discusses the British Psychodrama Association and the current committee on training standards.