Politics, governance have failed the world but theatrical play will not fail the world. The world has experienced a plethora of awful events, wars and series of wars but with the coming of technological advancement nothing is hidden under the sun. Human beings are treated worse than animals because of extreme materialism all over the world, sometimes even worse in the so called civilized world.  Thus in a sense there is need to rethink how man has created meaning out of a meaningless world through theatrical activities and advance this course as a means of making meaning in the modern world. The research method for this paper is the qualitative method involving primary and secondary methods of data collection. The theoretical framework, employed for this study is Schechner’s  ‘Performance Theory.’ Findings. In this sense show the relationships between the dramatic practices of Africa, Greece, China, India and Japan have almost the same historical precedent of agricultural harvest festival underpinning.. Asian theatrical presentations like their African counterparts could be called dance drama as’ they emphasize symbolism. All these theatrical traditions … include those of Africa, India, China and Japan … who have all created and sustained one form or another of drama or what has been described as total theatre to make meaning in society. The findings in a sense is that in these type of theatre there is an integrative synthesis of elements stylized movements, acting, mime, dance, all controlled by instrumental  sounds with enlightens educates and entertains the people in a direct way in a sense that is more distinct than that in traditional western theatre. The contributions to knowledge are that theatrical play will create a more meaningful society. 

Keywords: Comparative Theatre, Greek Theatre, Indian Theatre, Chinese Theatre, Japanese Theatre, African Theatre, Performance Theory, Intercultural Theatre.