biography
| name: |
Brustein, Robert (Sanford)
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pronunciation:
[broostiyn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Critic and theatre director, born in New York City, New York, USA. A wool merchant's son, he studied at Amherst College and Columbia University, and gained a reputation as a drama critic, primarily for The New Republic (1959–68). Appointed dean of the Yale Drama School (1965), he founded the Yale Repertory Theater in 1966 and helped it gain a national reputation as a semi-professional company. In 1979 he was released by Yale but was immediately hired by Harvard as a professor of English and was asked to found a resident professional training company, known as the American Repertory Theater, in which he supervised some 200 productions. In addition to his edition of the works of August Strindberg, he published several books on theatre and society, including Who Needs Theater (1968) and Reimagining American Theater (1991). |
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