The Play's Not the Thing

Behind the swirl of projections, ideas, opinions, and hopes, one sure fact stands: the Loeb Drama Center is finished and has begun operating. Probably there never will be a definition of its place in Harvard drama, and this is perhaps a good thing. Questions such as the choice between "audience plays" or artistic plays, professionalism vs. amateurism, and whether the theatre ought to educate or thrill, have a way of remaining un-answered, and as long as these questions are hotly debated, no one need worry about the health of drama at Haarvard.

John L. Loeb's gift has already stimulated enormous interest in Harvard theatre. This interest will be reflected in the community's keener appreciation of plays, and in more intense efforts on the part of players.