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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 18, 2003
HOWARD GOTLIEB ARCHIVAL RESEARCH CENTER
ACQUIRES THE PERSONAL ARCHIVE OF
ROBERT BRUSTEIN
PLANS EXHIBITION DECEMBER 8
BOSTON – The Howard Gotlieb Archival
Research Center, once called Special Collections, scored a
coup in its recent acquisition of the personal archive of
Robert Brustein, the recently retired Director of the Loeb
Drama Center and founder of the American Repertory Theatre.
On December 8, 2003, the "INNOVATOR
ON-STAGE: The Life and Work of Robert Brustein” exhibition
will open to the public on the Main Floor of Mugar Memorial
Library. On the same occasion, Brustein will be honored and
invested as a Fellow of the newly named Center. Nicholas Martin,
Artistic Director of the Huntington Theatre Company, will
speak and pay tribute to his colleague on the occasion of
his investiture.
The collection consists of manuscripts,
correspondence, photographs, awards, and other memorabilia
spanning Brustein's prolific and distinguished career as an
award-winning critic, author, playwright, educator, actor,
and director in American theatre. Brustein's collection also
includes material from his tenure as English professor and
Dean of the School of Drama at Yale University and English
professor and Director of the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard
University, which spanned 36 years. Under his leadership,
the American Repertory Theatre has developed an international
reputation and, in the process has enhanced the standing of
American theatre on a global stage.
Educated at Amherst College, Yale, and
Columbia, Robert Brustein has taught at Cornell, Vassar, Columbia,
Yale, and Harvard. Robert Brustein has been published extensively
in The New York Times, the
London Observer, Partisan
Review, Encounter, and Commentary.
Since 1959, he has been the primary critic for The
New Republic.
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