Robert Brustein

Robert Brustein (1927-2023) served as the founding director of the Yale Repertory and American Repertory Theaters, and supervised well over 200 productions, acting in eight and directing 12. He wrote 11 adaptations for the American Repertory Theater and was the author of 13 books on theatre and society. His book The Tainted Muse: Prejudices and Preconceptions in Shakespeare’s Works and Times, was released in 2009. Mr. Brustein also served for 20 years as director of the Loeb Drama Center, was a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University and drama critic for The New Republic. He was a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the George Polk Award in Journalism, the Commonweath (Massachusetts) Award for Organizational Leadership, and the Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s Tao House Award for serving the American theatre with distinction.