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...everybody is so sure the drama department will be all there this year, however Samuel J. Bloomfield '79, former secretary of the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club (HRDC) believes this year will be one of transition while old staff members who resigned when Brustein was hired are busy looking for new jobs. "In theory Chapman (professor of English who heads the drama department but will be leaving that post next year) is running the Loeb, but in reality this year the Leob will be a totally student-oriented place--no staff and very little professionalism," Bloomfield says...
Brustein suggested dividing the Loeb mainstage production time between the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) and his professional repertory company--an idea cold-shouldered by an angry HRDC...
...November 5, the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) voted five to two to advise the Corporation to reject Brustein's proposal. After Brustein was approved, one of the Corporation members said he wasn't aware that the HRDC had taken a vote. So much for student opinion...
...realized he'd have anything to do with it, or had any desire to participate actively in its evolution. It took a lot of fast, shuffling to present such a program to the university and the students, and that's one aspect of his hiring that legitimately enraged the HRDC--that his undergraduate proposals appeared half-hearted, and perhaps a bit insensitively thrown-together. But while I sympathize with the HRDC's fears, and respect it for wanting to protect future undergraduates from a Loeb administrative body that might not give a damn about their needs, I can't accept...
Reaction to Brustein's appointment ranged from high praise by President Bok and Overseers to uneasy acceptance by the board of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC). Some HRDC members said Brustein's "professional approach" might discourage all but the most serious theater students from working at the Loeb...