Word: personal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were "painful consequences" in dealing with people when he tried to put his ideals into action. One consequence was that Brustein has gained a reputation among some people for arrogance. But his colleagues dismiss this, finding him gentlemanly and stimulating. "He's no more arrogant than any other talented person I've ever worked with," says Alvin Epstein...
...elitism in American theater." Brustein doesn't like his "elitist" label, and calls it "a political football and a red herring." The word "elite," he says, is misunderstood in America. People think that "no one is better than anyone else. Well, that's the wrong road to take--a person can have a special talent or gift, and we have to identify that gift and encourage it. I'm interested in quality, excellence, standards." He says he has preserved his ideal over the last 13 years, but has learned how to soften the application of it. Epstein says...
...earthly reason why anyone would need this object), a ship's wheel rates about an eight. Put it all together and the brass wheel comes out a big winner. Not only will the recipient be struck speechless with gratitude, but you will look like the kind of person who knows how to give a great gift...
...seems almost certain that Robert Brustein will come to the Loeb. He offers the administration an easy answer to a difficult question: How can the Loeb be improved? Brustein is the only person who seems to have thought seriously about the problem. He has presented the administration with a tempting plan. He can almost guarantee that the quality of the theater done at the Loeb will improve under his auspices with the help of the rep company...
Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education and chairman of CUE, said that currently "the best scholar in the field is looked for, but before the appointment we make a careful examination of this person's teaching ability...