It was always a tumbleweed moment.  I considered it vital, upon meeting a new drama class, to make the first lesson active and fun.  The final fifteen minutes would be allocated for a sit-down discussion. The question was simple enough. “So, what is drama?” Some of the participants were new to drama, others had done it for two years, or five years or in some cases – if they’d been to drama clubs – ten years.  The answer was invariably. . . Silence.