Word: theaters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chorus of condemnation, spurred by the recent agitation for a modern Student Activities Center has grown to the proportions of a filibuster. And hardly a voice is raised in Sanders' defense. Mixed in with the Bronx cheers are overtones of resentment about the University's attitude towards student theater groups. And as a final blow, Sanders' crealy physical condition evoked a stern warning from a state fire inspection official, who was reported to have called it "the worst fire hazard in the state of Massachusetts...
...long time the Dramatic Club, and more recently the Theater Workshop, have been struggling with Sanders' physical layout. The stage itself meets the requirements of Elizabethan drama, and impressionist plays like "Our Town," where any hare platform will do. The choice of plays has often revolved on the problem of what can be done with poor old 16th century Sanders. In some cases, a whack at a play that is neither impressionist nor Elizabethan has produced ingenious efforts at staging the near impossible, but for the most part, the Sanders stage lias severely limited the selection of material...
Expenses for the use of Sanders have figured prominently in the activities of theater groups. The charges are certainly legitimate; they could well he expected to be the same in any commercial theater. But the University seems only too determined to exact its pound of flesh. The bills are presented in a business-like fashion, and are expected to be paid promptly. If a play flops, the bills are still there, clamoring for payment just as loudly as bills of outside establishments...
Consequently, both drama groups must constantly aim for popular theater, because they simply cannot afford a flop. Experimental plays--in the now time-honored tradition of college theater in this country--are had risks here, and it is virtually impossible to build up financial reserves to absorb any loss sustained for the sake of experiments, or even bad plays...
...Sanders is concerned the Theater Workshop has simply given up. It is going elsewhere; not that there's anywhere much else to go, but the Sanders situations has just proven too heavy a load to bear. HDC is wavering on the brink. Sanders is out of the question for its spring play, and the Club has managed to squeeze into the Brattle Sreet Theater. Beyond that, HDC doesn't know...