Read a part of some modern drama, such as _The Piper_, or _The Blue
Bird_, or one of Mr. Howells's little farces, and notice how it makes
use of setting and stage directions; how the conversation is broken up;
how the situation is brought out in the dialogue; how each person is
made to speak in his own character.

After you have done the reading suggested above, make another attempt at
dramatizing a scene from a book, and see what improvement you can make
upon the sort of thing you did at first.

It might be interesting for two or three persons to work on a bit of
dramatization together, and then give the fragment of a play in simple
fashion before the class. Or the whole class may work on the play, and
then select some of their number to perform it.


COLLATERAL READINGS

A Dramatic Reader: Book Five Augusta Stevenson
Plays for the Home " "
Jean Valjean (translated and abridged from
Victor Hugo's _Les Misérables_) S.E. Wiltse (Ed.)
The Little Men Play (adapted from Louisa
Alcott's _Little Men_) E.L. Gould
The Little Women Play " " "
The St. Nicholas Book of Plays Century Company
The Silver Thread and Other Folk Plays Constance Mackay
Patriotic Plays and Pageants " "
Fairy Tale Plays and How to Act Them Mrs. Hugh Bell