Schuster School - Proscenium Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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A RAY OF LIGHT With a clear conception of the nature and function of Expression has come a deeper appreciation of Reading as an art. The just recog- nition of the study of modulation as a positive factor in education means that the artistic interpretation of standard and classic literature is commanding the serious attention of people of culture. The hour of the imitative elocutionist has struck; a new day is fully dawned for the serious scholar with artistic taste and inclination. e Helen Schuster-Martin. Mrs. Isabelle Carghill Beecher, the foremost American Reader, whose beautiful art has annually been the inspiration of the Schuster students for many years. In 1913, Mrs. Beecher gave a series of six readings before the stu- dent body. Page forty :

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Mr. John Alexander, a talented member of The Little Playhouse Company, as he will appear in the title role in Richard LeGallienne's Orestes. Mr. Alexander has appeared with success in All-of-a- Sudden Peggy, Every Woman, The Man on the Kerb,H HThe Faith Healer,H uA Fan and Two Candlesticks, HBlanchetteH and 'The Gift. Last year he played Orseno in Twelfth Night and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing in the Shakespearean perform ances at the Zoo Garden. Pa ge thiny-nine

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Reading and Lecture Course The main literary feature given in the Little Playhouse was the series of lecture, recitals given by Mrs. Schuster-Martin and Mies Emily Collins, who preceded the readings with a discussion of the author and his principal works. The first series began October 19, 1914, and included the following numbers: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets. The Sad Shepherd . . . .Henry Van Dyke Bernard Shaw Poems by Tagore and Fiona MacLeod. i'Disraeli ............... Louis Parker HThe Faith Healer, Easter .................. Strindberg William Vaughan Moody Beside the regular subscribers to the course, the lectures were attended by the Seniors and some of the special students. It was of great value to the students who were studying for a platform career. Hearing these lectures gave them a knowl- edge of selecting the readings which make the best programs, and also an idea of cutting, which is very important in the reading of a book or play. Mrs. Schuster- Martin's dramatic insight of the plays and her interpretations, which were very original, was of infinite value to the student. The attendance at these lectures was so satisfactory, and the audiences were so enthusiastic over them, that a second series was given, beginning January 19th, including the following: Blanchette ............ Eugene Brieux Rosalind ................... Barrie The R136 Of Jennie CUS mhgdrs. Miles Watts Catherine de Medici ........... Balzac HJean Christophe ............. Rolland In 3. Balcony ............... Browning Stucient Recitals The student who is studying to he a reader can not develop and grow without having an opportunity of appearing before the public. The monthly recitals given by the different classes lend a great deal of experience to the young artists. There were twentyeseven recitals in all given during the season. The following recitals were given by the Senior Class: October 2 3d -- Hiawatha's Wooing tLongchowL T'Hagar tBrooksT .......... Edna Rohan Marion Reeves Count Cismond tBrowningL The Doubt tMarshalU ..... Nolia CatliE Gertrude Brice HTwo Cray Wolves tFantonL Scene UThe Rivalsn tSheridanL Irene Spencer Estelle Borkes HLove tDorothy DixT . .Clothilde Heiman Page forlyvone