Emma Dunning Banks
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Emma Dunning Banks (stage name, Dorothy Crane; 1856–1931)[1] was an American actress, dramatic reader, teacher, and writer.[2]
Biography[edit]
Banks was a graduate of the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] In that city, in 1883, she won a large gold and silver medal at the Academy of Music. She also studied privately for four years under teachers in New York City and Boston.[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, viz. : Engaged and Pygmalion and Galatea, which were highly praised by the press.[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 some of her original recitations were reprinted by the British press.[2]
Her husband was Edgar Granville Banks.[6]
While on Saturdays, she used a New York City address, Banks made her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut,[7] where she died April 8, 1931.[1]
Selected works[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 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. E.S. Werner. 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ National Speech Arts Association (1898). Proceedings ... The Association. p. 185. Retrieved 2 May 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Horace B. Banks". The Newtown Bee. 29 May 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Wilbor, Elsie M. (1890). Delsarte Recitation Book and Directory. E.S. Werner. p. 315. Retrieved 3 May 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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