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A Century of Drama at Yale

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.

revizor
Revizor
1908
  sheridan/shelby
Critic and The Fire Eater
1909
  robin
Robin of Sherwood
1912
         

troilus
Troilus and Cressida
1916

 

yellowjack
Yellow Jack
1935

 

frogs
The Frogs of Aristophanes
1941

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.

shaw/prosser
The Great Catherine and Free Speech
1949

 

heller
We Bombed in New Haven
1967

 

hostage
The Hostage
1968

         

donjuan
Don Juan
1969

 

bard
Kiss Me Kate
1980

 

pacific
Pacific Overtures
1985

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.

miser
The Miser
1988

 

oneill
O'Neill
1988

 

winterfest
Winterfest 9
1989

         

2trains
Two Trains Running
1990

 

triumph
Triumph of Love
1997

 

crumbs
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
1998

 
     
   
 
 
 
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