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List of Illustrations[xiii]
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]
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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]

INTRODUCTION

By Edward Scribner Ames

This book is its own best commendation, for it is a most convincing record of an important experiment in education. It is the more interesting because it is a real contribution to educational method from the field of religious education, which too often only appropriates and imitates what has been achieved elsewhere.