Alvin Epstein: Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
In his years at Yale Rep and ART, this extraordinarily versatile actor/director set the bar for generations of stage artists.
Stories by Robert Brustein
In Memoriam: Jeremy Geidt
Geidt was a founding member of both the Yale Repertory Theatre and American Repertory Theater.
The Man Behind the Plays
Who was Shakespeare, anyhow? Do even the experts really know? And why should anybody care?
Shakespeare the Brainiac
Four tomes from the Shakespearean assembly line plumb the mind behind the man.
Armageddon in Boston
An artistic director recalls how an iconoclastic theatre took root in recalcitrant soil.
Mrs. Worthington’s Daughter’s Dilemma
Actors are subject to both the pleasures of imitation and the rigors of an exalted calling—an excerpt from “Letters to a Young Actor.”
Subsidized Separatism: Responses to ‘The Ground on Which I Stand’
The debate continues in the wake of the address and its aftermath.
The Theatre of Guilt
The theatre is not a courtroom, a distinguished critic argues, and should have nobler ambitions than dispensing guilt and blame.
Not Much Ado After All
On the evidence of their current showing on Broadway, the R.S.C. has fallen from its ensemble ideals into mere spectacle and showmanship.
