{"product_id":"theatre-symposium-vol-17-jay-malarcher-9780817355555","title":"Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17: Outdoor Performance","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 \u003ci\u003eTheatre Symposium, \u003c\/i\u003e address outdoor theatre's many manifestations, including the historical and non-traditional. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Colony;\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Malarcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817355553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817355555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Jay Malarcher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096756297983,"sku":"9780817355555","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theatre-symposium-vol-17-jay-malarcher-9780817355555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}