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Board members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) voted yesterday to reject a proposal by Robert S. Brustein, dean of the Yale Drama School, to bring the Yale Repertory Theater to Harvard and set up an undergraduate drama program...
...HRDC board voted five to two against the proposal, and will present its stand today to Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education...
Brustein's plan also does not cite a decision-making board. Konrad said the HRDC will need to know who has final ruling on decisions involving staging and the budget...
Paris K.C. Barclay '78-4, a HRDC member, said yesterday that Brustein's professional and rigorous approach to drama would "scare away" the amateur performers and split drama students into two groups. Career-oriented theater students will be drawn to the Loeb, and House shows and amateur organizations will suffer, Barclay said...
Barclay added that the HRDC's position at Harvard will be seriously jeopardized by Brustein's program. "It will be near impossible to get people to work for HRDC productions...