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UNINA9910465263803321 |
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Titolo |
Outdoor performance [[electronic resource]] |
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[Tuscaloosa, Ala.], : Southeastern Theatre Conference and the University of Alabama Press, [2009] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (137 p.) |
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Collana |
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Theatre symposium : a publication of the Southeastern Theatre Conference ; ; v. 17 |
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Soggetti |
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Theater, Open-air |
Theater |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Theatre Symposium Keynote Roundtable: Saturday, April 12, 2008; "No Roof Except the Sky": The Rise and Fall of Airdomes in American Popular Entertainment; Rail-izing the Nation along Lake Michigan: The Wheels-a-Rolling Pageant; Mormon Pageants as American Historical Performance; "Look at the Moon": Hunter Hills Theatre; Outdoor Drama in the Smokies; The Promise of Democracy: Imagining National Community in Paul Green's The Lost Colony; The Revitalization of Space: Freestyle Parkour and Its Audiences; Symposium Response; Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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; Whe |
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