This research concerns itself with making the imagination work; with developing, in university playwrights, a freedom to fantasy; and with encouraging them to give artistic form to their fantasies. (Author/RK)

This paper outlines cognitive processes underpinning creative ability, considers their development, and discusses the creative potential of the individual at various life stages. Creativity is viewed as an outcome of self-directed transformational activity. The roles of fantasy and imagination are discussed, as is the contrast between public and…