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In your editorial on April 15, you questioned the sincerity of those interested in having a theatre at Harvard because so few of us attended Mr. Burrell's lecture. I am only one of many here at Harvard who from early childhood have passionately loved the theater in all its...
We did not hear Mr. Burrell because we did not know he was going to speak. You impute to lack of interest what was due to lack of publicity. In so doing you have perhaps damaged the chances of our getting a theatre, in which case you have helped to...
In outlining the problems and rewards of a repertory theatre, Burrell traced the history of the Old Vic since the second war. Not only was an acting school added, but also a children's theatre (the Young Vic), and a branch of the company at Bristol where top young actors...
"It is not a question of elaborate facilities," Burrell said. "The Old Vic started on $200. Get the vital, surging spirit of man acting on this thing. The great comedians are tremendously vital people--Duraute, Hope, and the rest--a good actor is as vital as that. The really talented...
But a one-nighter which opened yesterday could bring up some ugly doubts. John Burrell, leading figure in the Old Vic and indeed all of British theatre, gave this year's Theodore Spencer lecture. Of the less than 80 people huddled together to hear him, surprisingly few were those familiar...