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A Century of Drama at Yale
October
2000
The nation's political
stage will be groaning with Yale alumni (George
W. Bush '68, Joseph Lieberman '64, Dick Cheney '63) next month,
but the attention of the University's professional theater people
may well be elsewhere. On November 13, the alumni of the Yale
Dramatic Association and the School
of Drama will be gathering for a bicoastal blow-out celebrating
two major birthdays, the Dramat's 100th, and the School's 75th.
The event involves dinners and performances in New York and Los
Angeles to be linked by satellite. And if you think this is a bit
showy, consider the people being celebrated. Among the Dramat's
alumni over the past century are Monty
Woolley '11, Cole
Porter '13, Thornton
Wilder '20, Sam
Waterston '62, and Jodie
Foster '85. They are joined by such Drama School stand-outs
as John
Guare '63, Meryl
Streep '66, and Wendy
Wasserstein '76. But before they were stars, their amateur productions
were announced in campus posters that represent a history of the
century's graphic, as well as dramatic, art. The following images
were assembled with the help of Joseph
Reed '54, '61PhD, whose exhibition on the Dramat's history opens
in Sterling Library next month, and the Drama School's Teri Tuma.
Revizor
1908
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Critic
and The Fire Eater
1909
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Robin of Sherwood
1912
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Troilus
and Cressida
1916
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Yellow
Jack
1935
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The
Frogs of Aristophanes
1941
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The Great
Catherine and Free Speech
1949
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We
Bombed in New Haven
1967
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The
Hostage
1968
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Don Juan
1969
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Kiss
Me Kate
1980
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Pacific
Overtures
1985
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The Miser
1988
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O'Neill
1988
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Winterfest 9
1989
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Two
Trains Running
1990
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Triumph
of Love
1997
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Crumbs
from the Table of Joy
1998
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