Chapter II: Introduction: By Edward Scribner Ames 1

CHAPTER

I. EDUCATIONAL AIMS IN DRAMATIZATION 5

II. THE METHOD OF DRAMATIZATION 9

III. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "JOSEPH" 17

IV. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "DAVID AND GOLIATH" 44

V. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES" 52

VI. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "RUTH" 59

VII. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "QUEEN ESTHER" 68

VIII. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "ABRAHAM AND THE THREE GUESTS" 84

IX. THE DRAMATIZATION OF "DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN" 93

X. THE DRAMATIZATION OF NEW TESTAMENT PARABLES 98

XI. THE DRAMATIC QUALITIES IN A GOOD STORY 109

XII. BIBLE STORIES SUITABLE FOR DRAMATIZATION 113

XIII. STAGE SETTING AND PROPERTIES 130

XIV. COSTUMING 144

XV. THE ORGANIZATION OF A CHURCH DRAMATIC CLUB 152

INDEX 161

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A SHEPHERD Frontispiece

FIGURE PAGE

1. PHARAOH'S COURT 42

2. A SCENE FROM DAVID AND GOLIATH 47

3. ESTHER AND MORDECAI 73

4. ESTHER DANCES BEFORE THE KING 75

5. THE KING HOLDS OUT THE SCEPTER TO ESTHER 79

6. QUEEN ESTHER PLEADS FOR HER PEOPLE 81

7. THE THREE GUESTS BLESS ABRAHAM AND SARAH 88

8. THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS 101

9. THE GOOD SAMARITAN 104

10. WATER JUGS AND OTHER CLAY UTENSILS 132

11. WOMAN CARRYING WATER JUG 133

12. ANCIENT WELLS IN PALESTINE 134

13. ANCIENT WEAPONS 135

14. A SHEPHERD'S SLING AND LOOM FOR WEAVING SLING 136

15. SICKLES 137

16. SCEPTER 138

17. SHIELDS 139

18. TRUMPETS 140

19. SIGNET RING 141

20. LAMP 141

21. EGYPTIAN DESIGNS 142

22. HELMETS AND CROWNS 143

23. A GROUP OF CHILDREN, SHOWING COSTUMES AND A TRUMPET 145

24. THE COSTUME OF ABRAHAM 147

25. TWO KINDS OF COSTUMES--THE RICH SHEPHERD AND THE SERVANT 148

26. COSTUMES SHOWING SANDALS MADE BY THE CHILDREN 149

27. COSTUMES 150