Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17: Outdoor Performance - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0817355553 ISBN 13 : 9780817355555

Editeur : University Alabama Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jay Malarcher is Associate Professor of Theatre at West Virginia University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817355553
• ISBN 13: 9780817355555
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Éditeur: Malarcher Jay
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