Benjamin School for Girls - Tusitala Yearbook (New York, NY)

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TUSITALA FOR 1928 ANGUAGE Page Thirty-Se veil

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ff - TUSITALA FOR 1928 Dmmaztic Arr Dramatic Art is a broad study. It comprises Literary Interpretation, Physical Ex- pression, History of the Stage, including the mechanisms and scenic settings, and Dra- matic Art, or more specifically a course of direction in acting. All these departments of the theatre are made known to us through courses under the already mentioned headings. No education is complete without some experience in connection with the art of acting. It trains the mind to become quickly adaptable to situations in time of necessity. It helps give nnesse and ease when before many people. Everyone is given a chance to appear on a program regardless of their ability. The girls are also taught that it is just as difficult to be a good audience as it is to be a good entertainer. They realize this and take heed of the golden rule Do unto others as you would have others do unto you for they know the feeling of an uninterested audience. It is like playing to four walls, only worse. Four walls are at least quiet. An uninterested audience becomes restless and annoying. - Every Friday morning during the year the Dramatic Art Department gives a pro- gram of selections showing a sample of the work done in class. Among the miscellaneous programs they have observed most of the holidays. Some of the special programs were: The Holly Tree Inn by Dickens, scenes from john Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln , Three Pills in a Bottle by Rachael Field, Joint Owners in Spain by Alice Brown and a group of folk plays Yelenka the Wise , In the Teremw, and l'Tessa's Tongue . The Physical Expression Department has done some very creditable work in pantomimesg notably, Into the Nowherew, which was repeated for the Mothers' meeting. The Literary Interpretation class has studied many of the great writers and gave a Browning program, picking out his best known works. We must not forget to mention the junior Department. No need to fear of a shortage of actresses with such a talented group. X Page Tlairly-Six

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TUSITALA FOR 1928 5 L'ABBE CONSTANTINH-FRENCH PLAY '27 Ijannee derniere les Classes de Frangais ont presente Les Precieuses Ridicules et L'Abbe Constantin. Cette annie on va jouer le beau drame d'Esther, ecrit par Racine at Ia demande de Mme. de Maintenon et tire de la Sainte Bibleg et Ia jolie comedie ectite par Rostand entitulee Les Romanesques. Madame de Maifelenafz ........,... Louif XIV .............,..... U 72 Md1'qZljJ .... U ne lvIeZ7'gZliJ'E .... Either .... Elife ......,..... Mard 0 do e e .... A.r,rzz6fzzJ .... A man ....... Le Scribe Le Cboezn' def fezmei Ifmelifef Eafthev' .....NAOMI HALPERT LAMBERG FREEMAN .UFLORANCE MEISEL LUCILLE MENSCHEL ...NFRANCES LEVINE BEYER KIMMELMAN FELDMAN MOSKOWITZ fEVELYN JAFFE j JUDITH DEITZ 1jEANETTE BERGER LSYLVIA SHAKIN Page Thirty-Eight