| Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17: Outdoor Performance First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Malarcher, Jay (Editor), Headrick, Charlotte J. (Contribution by), LoMonaco, Martha S. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0817355553 ISBN-13: 9780817355555 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 808.2 |
| Series: Theatre Symposium |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
