STAGE

technically, platform in the a-_ tre whereon the piay is performed. ‘The Stage’ is equivalent to ‘the Theatrical Profe ion,’ hence ‘going on the stage’ is usual phrase for ‘becoming an actor or actre .’ Acting, branch of the fine arts dependent on human speech and gesture; one of the oldest, po ibly because it requires no appliances, using only the human body as a means of expre ion. It is doubtful whether pageantry, which has its own place, is a useful acce ory of acting. A great imaginative actor can create the illusion of scenery; Greek, medieval, and Shakespeare an drama were played with merely conventional scenery. In quite recent times, however, a movement has started by which dumb show is to replace acting; immense effect was obtained by Sumurun, in which a wordle tragedy is carried out among carefully planned scenery. Ital. marionettes are an illustration of the dumb-show school. Exaggeration to some extent, in acting as in make-up, is a nece ary law of the stage. It is the equivalent of the painter’s emphasis of a salient trait in his subject. But. the best modern school aims at representing, with normal emotion, life as it is. See Drama. Physical director, graduated at Yale, 1888. Graduated in 1892 from the Young Men’s Christian A ociation College at Springfield, Ma achusetts. Was a ociate profe or and director of department of physical culture and athletics, 1892-1900, profe or and director since 1900 at the University of Chicago. Author of: (Stagg and Williams) Treatise on Football, 1893, In 1914 the athletic field of the University of Chicago was named Stagg Field in his honor,