Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida," which officially opened the Loeb Drama Center on Saturday evening, is a long, ambiguous, dispirited play that professionals can hardly cope with. It is, I suspect, outside the range of amateurs. Although they can and do go through the motions of telling a story with considerable competence, they cannot endow it with a point of view. Nor can they become classical actors by working hard and willing...
They are performing in a beautiful professional theatre. Every Harvard man who remembers the mean circumstances in which Professor G. P. Baker had to emigrate from Harvard thirty-five years ago will be elated by the taste, virtuosity and solid character of the Loeb theatre. In his time, Professor Baker could not have imagined such a plant. Any professional or university institution would be proud to have at its disposal a theatre that is so inviting, comfortable and versatile, and that has such perfect acoustics and sight-lines...
...virtue that is intangible but creative. As soon as the house lights go down, it can be forgotten as a separate entity. When the decisive moment comes, everything in the theatre is at the disposal of the actors. Thanks to the bountiful generosity of John L. Loeb and the professional enterprise of Hugh A. Stubbins and George C. Izenour, Harvard has acquired a theatre that it can use, enjoy and be proud...
...Everyone did an excellent job, with special emphasis on Mr. Stubbins, the architect," Loeb commented. President Pusey noted the "very good selection" of the play, pointing out that the production "was very well done...
...Troilus and Cressida" may never have been performed in the Globe. Its first performance at the Loeb, however, seemd to augur well for College dramatics...