Robert Gard's timeless book is a moving account of one man's struggle to bring his dream of community-building through creative theater to citizens around the country. He traveled across America--from New York's Finger Lakes to the prairies of Alberta, Canada, to the backwoods of northern Wisconsin--discovering and nurturing the folklore, legends, history, and drama of the region. He talked to ballad singers, painters, the tellers of tall tales, and farm women, whose poetry and painting reflected the elemental violence of ...
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Robert Gard's timeless book is a moving account of one man's struggle to bring his dream of community-building through creative theater to citizens around the country. He traveled across America--from New York's Finger Lakes to the prairies of Alberta, Canada, to the backwoods of northern Wisconsin--discovering and nurturing the folklore, legends, history, and drama of the region. He talked to ballad singers, painters, the tellers of tall tales, and farm women, whose poetry and painting reflected the elemental violence of nature and quiet joys of neighborliness.
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Fair in Acceptable jacket. Hardbound with dust jacket. Jacket with substantial wear, including liquid staining. Staining only on last blank page of book (does not affect text). No markings noted. University of Wisconsin Press, 1955.
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VG/G+. OWNER NAME IN INK ON FFEP. POCKET ON REAR FIXED EP WITH NO LIBRARY MARKINGS TO BE FOUND. DJ HAS EDGEWEAR AND MILD RUBBING. GARD DIRECTED THE WISCONSIN IDEA THEATER.
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Near Fine in Very Good-dust jacket. Bit of light bumping to spine tail. Else binding and pages are clean. DJ spine extremities and front corners are rubbed. DJ spine is sunned. Inner DJ is taped at spine extremities. Else DJ clean.; ARH18D; 263 pages.
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8vo, pp. 263. Index. Author's presentation on the flyleaf. VG copy in somewhat chipped and rubbed dj. Drama, painting, poetry in rural or small town America.
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University of Wisconsin Press 1999. Light Sun Fading on Spine. Clean Text, No Water Damage, Strong Binding. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.
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Like New. Size: 8x5x0; ROBERT GARD'S TIMELESS BOOK is a moving account of one man's struggle to bring his dream of community-building through creative theater to citizens around the country. He traveled across America--from New York's Finger Lakes to the prairies of Alberta, Canada, to the backwoods of northern Wisconsin--discovering and nurturing the folklore, legends, history, and drama of the region. He talked to ballad singers, painters, tellers of tall tales, and farm women, whose poetry and painting reflected the elemental violence of nature and quiet joys of neighborliness. Readers will discover in Grassroots Theater a spiritual autobiography of Robert Gard, a rare chronology of a little-known era in theater history, useful projects for local community groups, and lively discussion of such cultural themes as the role of the arts in American democracy. Grassroots Theater reminds us that an individual's creative vision transcends technology, current events, and changing demographics. Writes Gard, "The knowledge and love of place is a large part of the joy in people's lives. There must be plays that grow from all the countrysides of America, fabricated by the people themselves, born of their happiness and sorrow, born of toiling hands and free minds, born of music and love and reason".