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...educational value, such as it is, preceded the Loeb and have not been greatly enriched by it. Ambitious attempts at combining drama with other art forms--unusual music, or original sets--have been notable for their absence from Sixty-four Brattle Street. As for the repertory of plays, Seltzer lists three kinds of plays a university ought to perform: "chestnuts," rarely produced classical plays, and very new plays. The Loeb's recent seasons have been heavily weighted towards the first category, with the second represented once or perhaps twice a year, and the third much too rarely...
...Seltzer lists five reasons why drama should flourish in a university. Theatre makes use of other art forms he says; it valuably illuminates the connection between literature and history; in a university it finds a true amateurism; it is of value to individual students' educations; and it can help establish a permanent repertory of plays...
...Review solicited articles from Daniel Seltzer, associate professor of English and associate director of the Loeb, and Thomas Babe '63, a graduate student who has worked on the main stage as actor, director and playwright. Seltzer's article is a visionary discussion of the possibilities of university theatre; Babe's is a critical report on the evolution of the Loeb. Taken together, the two articles offer quite convincing evidence that theatre at Harvard is not being used with much wisdom...
Strangely, the spirit of experiment--which Seltzer considers one of the undergraduate theatre's greatest potential advantages--scarcely exists on the Loeb main stage. Babe's article suggests several reasons why this...
...Giovanni Forum will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Leverett House Old Library. Participants will be James E. Haar, assistant professor of Music, Daniel Seltzer, associate professor of English and Mr. Jean Bruaneau, of Lyon University...