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...decision followed hard on the heels of the failure of an attempted merger of University theater organization and was described by HTW leaders as their "reply to the HDC stand" on the proposal...
...Saint Joan" publicized and played its way into the biggest hit in Harvard history. Its gross $5000 take smothered the simple if effective rival offering, "Waiting for Lefty," into a dusty corner, and the failure of a last-ditch HDC presentation of "Juno and the Paycock" didn't add any blue stars for prestige to that side of the ledger. Fat with its "Joan" power and profits, the Theatre Workshop bounded into 1947-48 like a herd of swollen gazelles...
...looks as though the struggle goes on for at least another half-year. In the opposing lineups the Theatre Workshop seems to rate the edge for a power struggle. The Veterans outnumber the HDC in total active membership and particularly in the number of stellar performers they seem able to attract. They also seem to have a consistent monopoly on ambition, with their tackling of the scenic and casting problems of "Joan" and "Henry" as opposed to the Dramatic Club's sketchy "Lefty" and proposed bare-stage production of "Enemy of the People." On the other side of the line...
First details of the Dramatic Club's casting for its fall production, "An Enemy of the People," were disclosed last night as HDC members assembled at the Big Tree for a reading of the lbsen drama...
According to Allegretti, the HDC selected "An Enemy of the People" in order to give "the student body a chance to see a play representing the drama of Northern Europe, and a play not seen recently on the professional stage. We feel that 'An Enemy of the People' meets both requirements...