July 2, 1999

Why Classical Theater Deserves the Spotlight in Acting Classes

By LOUIS SCHEEDER

In announcing a new M.F.A. program that it developed with George Washington University, the Shakespeare Theatre, in Washington, used some revealing language. In a press release, theater officials called the Academy for Classical Acting an "immersion" program. Usually employed in reference to intensive foreign-language studies, the term was a tacit acknowledgment of what has been lacking in the theater world: a short,

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