Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17 write by Jay Malarcher. This book was released on 2009-09-27. Theatre Symposium, Vol. 17 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Theatre symposium : a journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference
Theatre symposium : a journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theatre symposium : a journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference write by [Anonymus AC02238415]. This book was released on 1995. Theatre symposium : a journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 15
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 15 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theatre Symposium, Vol. 15 write by M. Scott Phillips. This book was released on 2007-09-23. Theatre Symposium, Vol. 15 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The essays gathered together in Volume 15 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium investigate how, historically, the theatre has been perceived both as a source of moral anxiety and as an instrument of moral and social reform. Essays consider, among other subjects, ethnographic depictions of the savage “other” in Buffalo Bill’s engagement at the Columbian Exposition of 1893; the so-called “Moral Reform Melodrama” in the nineteenth century; charity theatricals and the ways they negotiated standards of middle-class respectability; the figure of the courtesan as a barometer of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century moral and sexual discourse; Aphra Behn’s subversion of Restoration patriarchal sexual norms in The Feigned Courtesans; and the controversy surrounding one production of Tony Kushner Angels in America, during which officials at one of the nation’s more prominent liberal arts colleges attempted to censor the production, a chilling reminder that academic and artistic freedom cannot be taken for granted in today’s polarized moral and political atmosphere.
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 18
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 18 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theatre Symposium, Vol. 18 write by J K Curry. This book was released on 2010-10-15. Theatre Symposium, Vol. 18 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Stage properties are an often-ignored aspect of theatrical productions, in part because their usage is meant to be seamlessly integrated into the performance instead of a focal point for the audience. The contributors illuminate many aspects of this largely ignored yet crucial part of the theatre.
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 9
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 9 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theatre Symposium, Vol. 9 write by . This book was released on 2001-07-02. Theatre Symposium, Vol. 9 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of essays explores how drama can teach political principles and entertain at the same time. Political commentary is possible through "variety" theatre, this volume contends. Compiled from the April 2000 Theatre Symposium held on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, this collection of essays presents a compelling mix of theoretical and practical viewpoints from a broad diversity of scholars from around the country. What remains to be learned about the political objectives of Brecht's Lehrstriucke? What political power is resident in the satirical humor of Dario Fo's drama? What can we learn from Mordecai Gorelik's political/artistic philosophy that might inform contemporary practice? What was the impact of political theatre on Broadway between the wars? Is Thornton Wilder's Our Town the play we've always imagined it to be, or does it challenge the politics of its time? What is the role of theatre activism in raising consciousness about gender politics? These are only some of the questions addressed by this lively, informative discussion.
