The New York herald., 1922-08-20
School of Theater
This Week Has It's
First Graduation
Ten Students Of Acting to Get
Diplomas From Stars Of
the Stage.

The school OF tho theater and its
Threshold Playhouse are Just rounding
out their first season. and those re-
sponsible for the Institution feel proud
of the progress made. Located at 571
Lexington avenue, on the second floor
OF the Lexington Theater. the school has
its officers, Glare Tree Major. president:
Walter Hampden. vice-president. and
Arthur Hohl, secretary. The board OF
directors and advisory board include
George Arliss, Rachael crothers, Elsie
Ferguson, Arthur Hopkins. Brock
Pemberton. Robert Edmond Jones.
Frank Craven, Stuart Walker. jose
Ruben. Ernest Truck. Grant Mitchell.
Kenneth Macgowan, william Lyon
Phelps and Hassard Short
The Threshold Playhouse, where play
ers are students OF the school, gives
eight performances a week 10 pay
audiences. Almost OF equal importance
are the principles that All members OF
the faculty must be recognized aftors
and actresses OF to-day: members. Of
the board test all applicants for the
its membership all those not showing
definite talent for acting
The faculty staff IS composed OF STAN
ley Hewlett, Arthur Hohl. Evelyn Han.
Norah Balfour. S. Mildred Strauss
Louis Senac and Frederick Bentley. The
curriculum includes voice production
and control, vocal Interpretation articu-
lation, pronunciation and enunciation.
dramatic Interpretation. fencing. dane
ing and makeup. The school OF tho
theater. opened last November, VIII hold
les graduation exercises next Friday.
August 25, when ten students win re-
ceive diplomas from Walter Hampden
and two will be selected for member
ship in his own company. The school
will reopen on Monday. October ..
The Threshold Playhouse opened
Monday. February 81. and has been
dark but two weeks OF its Initial season
which win close Saturday, September 2.
The stage is equal In size to that OF
the Comedy Theater, its lighting ade-
quate and within one month of the open
ing OF its doors. the Threshold Play
house had a subscription list Of two
thousand which has been increasing.
With one exception, all bills have
been made up OF one act plays and
presented for run OF three weeks.
That exception was "The House OF Lor-
rimer." by Rachel Crotners, the only
long play produced at the Threshold
this season and having n run Of four
weeks. All plays have been given with
out the usual royalty fee. The opening
tin included "Funcion di Moda," trans
lated from the Spanish by Harry Irvine
"The Dear Little Wife" by Gerald
Dunn: THE Wife of Ushers Well" by
John Joseph Martin. Others presented
include Joe" by Jane Dransfield: "Cat
Fear" by Marion Norris Gleason Such
a Charming Young Man. by Ios
Atkins: Tho Pyramid" by Lawrence
Langner Points OF Honor" by Tracy
p. MyRatt; THE Devil Was Sick" bv
Nathaniel Ladd Foster and Geunua
d'Auria Houston: The Unrecorded
Tale" by Robert Hanna Accidents
VIII Happen" by Lawrence Langner
Burned Mullins" by Miss Mccormick
Thursday Evening"" BY Christopher
Morley THE Twilight Saint" BY stark
Young THE Bee by Italian Saunders
THE Shoes That Danced by Anna ~.
Branch "The Summons" by Dorothy
Donnell Calhoun and Gladys Hall:
"Asaph." by william Q. BATES: 'Tv i
light Of the Moon" by Charles Buxton
Going: The Importance Of Being =
Roughneck." by Robert Garland When
the Whirlwind Blows" by Essex Dane
Possession" by Laurence Housman:
The Asking Price" BY May Emery
Hall Revenge" by Rachel Crothers
The Sisters Tragedy by Richard
Hughes. and love Love- Love - ~
Evelyn Emig. The last four form the
present and closing bill OF the season.