should he guess correctly, he trades places with his counterpart, and the game resumes anew.

commonly known as 'make believe', theatrical games are some of the oldest children's activities in existence. they rely exclusively on the imagination of youth and, while the details may vary from place to place, the archetypes remain the same.

cops-and-robbers, playing house, playing schoolteacher, imaginary markets, animal imitations and comical exchanges borrowed from adults make up the foundations of a grand universe of adolescent imagination.