Here is an interesting idea I encounted about play in Barrie
Thorne's book, *Gender play*. As a primary definition of the word, play,
Thorne, drawing upon the Oxford English Dictionary, I believe, gave
activity, action, operation. That sounde a LOT to me just like Leontiev's
three levels of analysis in activity theory. I believe that this is either
a total coincidence, or there is some deep relationship between play
and activity.
mike cole