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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...early College, was largely chaperoned by theology--the presence of a formidable portion of the local clergy caused those first occasions to be rather pious and somber. But the joyous aspects of graduation increased steadily and by the end of the seventeenth century, commencement had become the main spectacle of New England...
...five straight plays performed on the Loeb main stage this year, only Jonathan Black's production of The Seagull was outstanding--and that, ironically enough, was a play the Faculty Committee on Theatre had originally rejected as too difficult (only after the Harvard Dramatic Club reiterated its desire to do the play did the committee give...
...shows, however. There seems to be something wrong with the Loeb itself, or the way it is used. People have been mumbling that for years now, and for some, it has become an obsession. Some of the best actors and directors at Harvard prefer not to work on the main stage. A few refuse to work in the building at all. Behind this winter's reorganization of the HDC was the realization that the Loeb still isn't the center it's supposed...
...course there is a lot in the argument people overlook lapses in House shows that would be unforgivable on the main stage. The design of the Loeb itself, the carpeted stairs, the comfortable seats, set up expectations few shows can meet. In the dining room, any skill is impressive. When, occasionally, a successful House production is transferred to the Loeb, it often seems tacky, or flat...
...catharsis can only come from such a closely-knit sequence of highly charged events compressed into a narrow time span. If those events all work together to virtually place the viewer inside the main character's skin, the film attains tragic proportions; if they do not, it degenerates into sensationalism. In The Pawnbroker the backdrop of the city creates a matrix which binds up the different devices and makes them effective. The pawnbroker's cage or the ugly apartment houses standing for the community achieve a near-symbolism, so that the viewer stops thinking in terms of reality and enters...