Word: workshop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pierce Baker a professor of Playwrighting. Harvard did not completely approve of the shady connotations of Theatre, but as long as Baker's English 47 confined itself to the theory of writing plays, it could remain in the family. Theory, however, is of little value without constant testing in workshop productions. Harvard did not agree, so Baker took his Workshop to Radcliffe and developed it there until the skeptical parent was finally convinced in 1913. Stage was no longer a child. Baker modestly taught drama to such budding pupils as Philip Barry, Sidney Howard, S. N. Behrman, George Abbott...
...radio as a social force, in Government 25. Charles Siepmann, noted authority on radio, gave a series of lectures last fall. Norman Corwin and Phil Cohen, the most brilliant men at CBS, have been guest speakers. The Crimson Network runs a full-fledged station, and the Radio Workshop has been organized specifically for the writing of drama for the air waves...
During his period as professor of Playwrighting at Harvard he established the famous "47 Workshop," which produced such American greats as Philip Barry, the late Sidney Howard, S. N. Behrman, George Abbott, and, top of the crop, O'Neill. To produce the plays of these and his other students, "G.P." founded the Harvard Dramatic Club...
...idea of a theatre for Harvard is not a new one. In the '20's when George Pierce Baker was giving his English 47 theatre workshop course, Edward S. Harkness offered to donate a completely equipped auditorium to the University. President Lowell refused the offer at the time, reasoning that "the drama has no place at Harvard College...
...Through its regular College outlet, the Crimson Network, the group now produces an original broadcast every week, and has become the first extra-curricular organization to have its work recognized by the Faculty. The English A and A-1 departments have recently indicated their willingness to give credit for Workshop plays...