Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Aaron, like Daniel Seltzer today, was the partisan of the undergraduates. But his youth and consequent lack of influence made it impossible for him to function effectively with the faculty; his connection to Loeb officialdom put him out of favor with undergraduates as well. Aaron frequently offered unsolicited advice and was forcibly ejected from at least one Loeb rehearsal to which he came uninvited...
Right from the beginning of his career as director of the Loeb, Chapman established a policy of putting himself above politics. He was an administrator, a professional -- something of a George Washington in that his success in the pre-Loeb era brought him to a position of authority where he could leave the bickering to his juniors. In some ways this proved a good thing. Chapman was able to maintain the respect of both his fellow faculty members and the undergraduate community. But the price of this respect was considerable: answerable to both the students and the Faculty Committee, Chapman...
...Chapman was an administrator, a professional - something of a George Washington in that his success in the pre-Loeb era brought him to a position of authority where he could leave the bickering to his juniors." ferring ones in which the undergraduates play minor roles and learn from their elders. This has consistently been the pattern of Chapman's own shows: graduate students, faculty members and local professionals take the lead roles, Chapman directs, and undergraduates -- expect for a small number of established stars -- are relegated to bit parts, or to hammering nails...
Since the productions Chapman has directed at the Loeb have generally been excellent, his undergraduate exclusion policy has been an unpopular one -- at least among undergraduates...
During the first few years of the Loeb's existence, Chapman's emphasis on professionalism created a tightly knit clique of older actors (including, it is true, a few precocious undergraduates, who worked often in Loeb productions and quickly became the in group. Other students were just visitors to the Loeb; these people saw themselves as permanent residents...