Emma Dunning Banks
Emma Dunning Banks (stage name Dorothy Crane; 1856–1931) was an American actress, dramatic reader, teacher, and writer. Biography Banks graduated from the National School of Elocution and Oratory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1883, she won a large gold and silver medal at the city's Academy of Music (Philadelphia), Academy of Music. She also studied privately for four years under New York City and Boston teachers. Her notable performances included the "Curse Scene" from ''Leah the Forsaken'' and the ''Malediction of Medea''. In 1904, in the Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport Opera House, she produced two of W. S. Gilbert's most successful comedies, ''Engaged (play), Engaged'' and ''Pygmalion and Galatea (play), Pygmalion and Galatea'', which the press praised. Eugenia Williamson Hume was a pupil. She was also the author of ''Banks's Recitations with Lesson-Talks''. Some of her articles appeared in ''The Voice'', while the British press reprinted some of her original r ...
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