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| The courtyard has served as an open-air performance space for student performances; in 1988 //Moses and the Wandering Dervish//, a play of the Persian //Ta’ziyeh// drama tradition, was performed by a cast of actors from New York. According to the //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, the adaptation performed at Trinity was the first time the play, in which a Dervish seeks to understand why God would create Hell, was performed in English. The play was performed in Funston Courtyard to an enthusiastic audience. | The courtyard has served as an open-air performance space for student performances; in 1988 //Moses and the Wandering Dervish//, a play of the Persian //Ta’ziyeh// drama tradition, was performed by a cast of actors from New York. According to the //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]//, the adaptation performed at Trinity was the first time the play, in which a Dervish seeks to understand why God would create Hell, was performed in English. The play was performed in Funston Courtyard to an enthusiastic audience. |
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| According to an alum quoted in //The Trinity Reporter//, the fountain was still functional when they were a student between 1979 and 1982. In 1991, an anonymous student shared their thoughts about the fountain, which was in need of repair at that time, in the //Tripod//: "Why can't someone fix the leaky fountain in the Funston Courtyard? Not only is it unsightly, but also an icy hazzard [sic] to pedestrians." Scott Cassie ’82 recalls the Funston Courtyard as his favorite place on campus, reminiscing to //The Trinity Reporter// about how “The steps with the then-working fountain leading up to the quad and library entrance were the favorite path from my freshman room in Jones Hall.” | According to an alum quoted in //The Trinity Reporter//, the fountain was still functional when they were a student between 1979 and 1982. In 1991, an anonymous student shared their thoughts about the fountain, which was in need of repair at that time, in the //Tripod//: "Why can't someone fix the leaky fountain in the Funston Courtyard? Not only is it unsightly, but also an icy hazzard [sic] to pedestrians." Scott Cassie ’82 recalls the Funston Courtyard as his favorite place on campus, reminiscing to //The Trinity Reporter// about how “The steps with the then-working fountain leading up to the quad and library entrance were the favorite path from my freshman room in [[jones_hall|Jones Hall]].” |
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| [{{::funston_courtyard.jpg?400 |Funston Courtyard in the evening, 2011. Photo credit: Trinity College}}] | [{{::funston_courtyard.jpg?400 |Funston Courtyard in the evening, 2011. Photo credit: Trinity College}}] |
