Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When the Loeb went into operation, nearly all of its doors were kept locked...
...Before long, he became involved in Harvard theatre, and both directed and starred in an Adams House production of Othello. Seltzer got his Ph.D. in Fall '59, and was made an instructor in English the same term. He was one of the seven founding members of the faculty student Loeb advisory committee, and after he became an assistant professor in '61 he was named to the all-powerful Faculty Committee on Drama...
Seltzer opposed the Loeb's emphasis on professionalism, but not from the same standpoint as most undergraduates. He saw little use in a drama center which made no attempt to educate the students who worked in it. He wanted to dilute the "laissez-faire amateurism" so opposed by Chapman with credit courses and seminars, rather than simply turn over leading roles to more experienced people...
Like the last Anderson play, Treason at West Point, Prince Erie is vaguely historical. Probably that is the only point of comparison. Treason, produced at the Loeb two years ago, met with a blast of hostile critical wind. Some people even speculated that the Loeb administration, learning a quick lesson from Treason's fate, would avoid producing this year's Anderson play...
...Tuesday night Loeb associate director Daniel Seltzer squelched that rumor with the announcement of Mayer's triumph...