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Under the direction of John D. Hancock '61, the Loeb will present four plays rom among those written by Brecht, Shaw, Shakespeare, or O'Neill. Charles Hayord '63 and Joel F. Henning '61 are the producers, and Ian Strasfogel '61 will deign the sets...
Those participating in the Loeb's activities will not have to enroll in any courses but will be granted all the University privileges open to any student in the summer School, Hancock said. A limited number of grants-in-aid will be available for highly qualified actors...
Half the play is devoted to Grusha, and Grusha winds up as half a character. When Director John Hancock was analyzing her during the Loeb production, he charted fourteen "good" traits, which read like the Boy Scout Oath, and one fault (she lost he temper readily). Brecht's failure to elevate Grusha above generic goodness is particularly telling since he conceived the play in order to write a special part for Luisa Rainer, an expatriate German actress. His failure exemplifies the weakness invariably cited by the Communist critics: Brecht could create noble agitators and good proletarians, but never a flesh...
With small offices alone, the building might produce one traffic pattern, he pointed out. An insurance company like John Hancock, with thousands of girls, would probably produce another. "The end product is a puzzle...
...intend to see The Caucasian Chalk Circle a second time and hope to see a good deal more of both Brecht and Hancock around here...