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The stranglehold which realism has on the modern theatre is leading to the deterioration of drama, acting, and imagination, John Burrell told a scant audience at New Lecture Hall yesterday.
Burrell, this year's Theodore Spencer lecturer, added, "In all the great periods of acting, the scenery side has only been lightly emphasized. The actor should be, though I don't want to glorify him too much, a little demagogue. The reason that people give for the theatre dying is...
Although speaking on "Imagination in the Theatre," Burrell called for the formation of a repertory company with an accompanying drama school in an area like Boston as the best way to strengthen the legitimate theatre in this country. Such a theatre, he said, is the best way to develop the...
"I think the public has got a bit fed up with naturalism," Burrell continued, pointing to the success of musicals, opera, and ballet, as well as bare-stage productions like "Don Juan in Hell" and "John Brown's Body."
Burrell is known primarily for his work during World War II, when he was Drama Director of the B.B.C. for three years where he produced such radio broadcasts as Don Quixote and The Pilgrim's Progress. He then became co-director of the Old Vic, virtually England's national theater...