Theatre Symposium, V17 - Outdoor Performance (Paperback, 3rd ed.)

Outdoor drama takes many forms: ancient Greek theatre, open-air performances of Shakespeare at summer festivals, and re-enactments of landmark historical events. The essays gathered in "Outdoor Performance," Volume 17 of the annual journal "Theatre Symposium, " address outdoor theatre's many manifestations, including the historical and non-traditional.
Among other subjects, these essays explore the rise of "airdomes" as performance spaces in the American Midwest in the first half of the 20th century; the civic-religious pageants staged by certain Mormon congregations; Wheels-A-Rolling, and other railroad themed pageants; first-hand accounts of the innovative Hunter Hills theatre program in Tennessee; the role of traditional outdoor historical drama, particularly the long-running performances of Paul Green's "The Lost Colony;" and the rise of the part dance, part sport, part performance phenomenon "parkour"-- the improvised traversal of obstacles found in both urban and rural landscapes.

General

Imprint:	The University of Alabama Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	September 2009
Editors:	Jay Malarcher
Contributors:	Charlotte Headrick • Martha LoMonaco • Jane Barnett
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
Edition:	3rd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8173-5555-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Serials, periodicals, abstracts, indexes Promotions
LSN:	0-8173-5555-3
Barcode:	9780817355555

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!