Critical Moments: Reflections on Theater & Society, 1973-1979Reflects on critical moments in the life of the nation, the theater and society in the decade of the seventies. Analyzes the impact of Watergate, commercial television, Hollywood, the economic crunch, and the political system on the lives of citizens and artists in present-day America. Robert Brustein is art director of the American Repertory Theatre and director of the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard. |
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ONE Where Are the Repertory Critics? | 3 |
THREE Pauline Kael Reeling | 18 |
CONTENTS | 37 |
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