Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...obscure the basic merit of offering a credit course in dramatic literature and production. This spring, the Marlowe-Shakespeare Quadricentennial project will provide men like Alfred with a chance for experimentation. Hopefully they will find a feasible plan. By offering a combination of lectures and stage work, the Loeb would bridge the unnecessary dichotomy between the dramatic and the academic. The separation of the two aids neither; their conjunction would aid both...
...undergraduate, Daniel Selzer, acting director of the Loeb, was president of Theatre Intime, "an affected name for the Princeton equivalent of the HDC." And as an actor in student productions, Daniel Selzer, widely acclaimed for his performance as Falstaff last spring portrayed Tartuffe, Iago, and Henry...
...London theater and off-Broadway productions are both sources of creativity, Seltzer is adamant about drama's potential at Harvard. "Original drama and preservation of the classical tradition is at least as much the responsibility of the academic community as the professional," he said last week in his Loeb office, surrounded by glossy prints of main stage productions...
...Seltzer's view, Loeb productions must avoid spending too much time on the more superficial aspects of a play in lieu of teaching an actor his part. "I would rather spend five time as many hours on the planning of a play with an actor, than worry about specific details. The problem with the Loeb is that the seams of the tights have to be straighter here than in the house dining rooms...
Another problem that nettles Seltzer is the Loeb's remoteness from the rest of the university. "An amorphous beast," its location, architecture, and advanced stage equipment implicitly prevent if from being part of the community. But because they do so now "is no reason to fall back on professionals. People are no longer frightened by all that machinery. It must remain a student theater." Therefore new ways must be found to stimulate students, one being the Marlowe-Shakespeare Quadricentennial. However, Seltzer realizes that time remains a nagging difficulty; few undergraduates can manage a full production schedule and still thrive academically...