8-603: The Leland Powers School , also known as the Leland Powers School of Communication , Leland Powers School of Radio, Theatre, and Television , Leland Powers Theatre School , the Leland Powers School of Expression , Leland Powers School of the Spoken Word , and originally called the Leland Powers School of Elocution , was originally located on Massachusetts Avenue in the South End. A purpose-built building on Evans Way, behind
16-660: The Leland Powers School of the Spoken Word in Boston, Massachusetts , joining his wife and more than a dozen staff members in teaching 140 students annually. Ten years later, in 1914, Powers had a building constructed in the Fenway next door to the Girls' Latin School . From the school Powers sold several books, including Talks on Expression , Fundamentals of Expression (with Mrs. Powers), and
24-519: The Lyceum platform in America to do this." In 1888, he married his first wife Louise Nancy Baldwin. They were divorced in 1895 and she travelled to Europe to have lessons with Alberto Randegger , to whom she was married in 1897. He eventually traveled across the country and to South America, and was noted as being the best paid performer on the Lyceum circuit in America between 1890 and 1900, during which time he
32-510: The Museum of Fine Arts was constructed in 1914. This building was taken by eminent domain in the 1970s. The school moved three more times - 2001 Beacon Street, Cleveland Circle, 10 Charlesgate East in the Back Bay, and 70 Brookline Avenue, adjacent Fenway Park before it closed in 1979. Speaker and author Leland Powers founded the school in 1904. The school educated several notable speakers and authors of
40-525: The early 20th century, including drama educator T. Earl Pardoe , actress Reta Shaw , and journalist Wendall Woodbury . Leland T. Powers founded the school after teaching with the Redpath Lyceum Bureau , a Chautauqua circuit business. While working for the bureau, Powers was assigned as a reader during chautauquas, and as a coach to other readers. Powers also edited scripts for usage, focusing on readability and performance. During this time Powers
48-589: Was an American performing arts educator , author, and actor. The founder of the Leland Powers School , he was once renowned as "the highest paid man in the Lyceum field." Born in Pultneyville, New York , Powers attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and graduated there in 1875. In 1884, Powers gained popularity for acting all the roles in plays on his own, and was noted for being "the first man on
56-522: Was an associate of Carl Sandburg . In 1904, Powers' school cost $ 200 for a semester's tuition. Joining his wife and more than a dozen staff members in teaching 140 students annually. The School was credited with being on the leading edge of technology when in 1944 it started broadcasting a show called The Great American Home on local station WIXG . Leland Powers School closed on April 27, 1979, due to financial problems. Leland Powers Leland Todd Powers (January 28, 1857 – November 27, 1920)
64-612: Was managed by the Redpath Lyceum Bureau . In 1895, he married Carol Hoyt Powers, and they had two children. The family were Christian Scientists , with Carol Hoyt Powers serving a three-year term as Second Reader of The Mother Church in Boston. In 1893, it was written that, "Leland Powers is small and active, and tropical in temperament, and he dare enact a play with great fidelity." He married Carol Hoyt on Christmas Eve , December 24, 1895 in Somerville, Massachusetts . In 1904, he founded
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