Remembering Robert Brustein, a contentious but influential figure in US theatre
Robert Brustein receiving the National Medal of Arts from President Obama in 2010. Photo: Ruth David
The critic and theatre founder, who died last weekend aged 96, was a divisive figure but a giant of the regional sector who refused to see theatre as a pacifier for audiences, says Howard Sherman
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