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Title: The Tree That Saved Connecticut

Author: Henry Fisk Carlton

Editor: Claire T. Zyve

Release Date: April 6, 2009 [EBook #28511]

Language: English

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_DRAMATIC HOURS IN COLONIAL HISTORY_

The Tree
That Saved Connecticut

BY

HENRY FISK CARLTON

_Edited by_ CLAIRE T. ZYVE, Ph.D.
Fox Meadow School, Scarsdale, New York

BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK CITY

_HOW TO BE A GOOD RADIO ACTOR_

The play in this book has actually been produced on the radio. Possibly
you have listened to this one when you tuned in at home. The persons
whose voices you heard as you listened, looked just as they did when
they left their homes to go to the studio, although they were taking
the parts of men and women who lived long ago and who wore costumes
very different from the ones we wear today.

The persons whose voices you heard stood close together around the
microphone, each one reading from a copy of the play in his hand. Since
they could not be seen, they did not act parts as in other plays, but
tried to make their voices show how they felt.

When you give these plays you will not need costumes and you will not
need scenery, although you can easily arrange a broadcasting studio if
you wish. You will not need to memorize your parts; in fact, it will
not be like a real radio broadcast if you do so, and, furthermore, you
will not want to, since you will each have a copy of the book in your
hands. All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking the
part of a radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very
distinctly, and that by your voice, you will make your audience
understand how you feel. In this way, you will have the fun of living
through some of the great moments of history.

_HOW TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN THE PLAY_

There are some directions in this play which may b