American actress, dramatic reader, teacher and writer
(1887) (signature) Photo from Original Recitations , 1890 Emma Dunning Banks (stage name Dorothy Crane ; 1856–1931)[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
Banks graduated from the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .[ 3] Academy of Music . She also studied privately for four years under New York City and Boston teachers.[ 4]
Her notable performances included the "Curse Scene" from Leah the Forsaken and the Malediction of Medea . In 1904, in the Bridgeport Opera House, she produced two of W. S. Gilbert 's most successful comedies, Engaged Pygmalion and Galatea [ 4] Eugenia Williamson Hume was a pupil.[ 5]
She was also the author of Banks's Recitations with Lesson-Talks . Some of her articles appeared in The Voice , while the British press reprinted some of her original recitations.[ 2]
Her husband was Edgar Granville Banks.[ 6]
Banks was at her New York City address on Saturdays but otherwise made her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut,[ 7] [ 1]
Selected works
Emma Dunning Bank's Original Recitations: With Lesson-talks , 1890 (text )Flossie Lane's Marriage , 1890 (text )One Thanksgiving Day Out West , 1908 (text )Flying Jim's Last Leap , 1908 (text )
References
^ a b "BANKS Emma Dunning" . The Billboard . 43 . R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford: 64. 2 May 1931. Retrieved 3 May 2024 .^ a b The Masqueraders: Or, Game of Dominoes . Retrieved 3 May 2024 .public domain .^ "The Odd Fellows concert" . The Berkshire County Eagle . 1 October 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via Newspapers.com .^ a b Wilbor, Elsie M. (1887). "Emma Dunning Banks, by B.E." Werner's Directory of Elocutionists, Readers, Lecturers and Other Public Instructors and Entertainers .. . E.S. Werner: 273. Retrieved 3 May 2024 . public domain .^ National Speech Arts Association (1898). Proceedings ... . Retrieved 2 May 2024 . public domain .^ "Horace B. Banks" . The Newtown Bee . 29 May 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .public domain .^ Wilbor, Elsie M. (1890). Delsarte Recitation Book and Directory . Retrieved 3 May 2024 . public domain .
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