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The Barter Theater Story: Love Made Visible

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Published in 1982, The Barter Theatre Story: Love Made Visible tells the colorful history of a remarkable American cultural institution. Opened by Robert Porterfield, a native Virginian, in 1933, the Barter Theatre offered the people of Abingdon, Virginia, and the surrounding area entertainment and a much-needed escape from their Depression-era working lives. It became the State Theatre of Virginia in 1946 and it is where the likes of Gregory Peck, Ernest Borgnine, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty, and Hume Cronyn got their starts. Mark Dawidziak, a journalist from New York who spent much of his twenties in Appalachia and grew to admire the theater, tells the improbable story of the Barter Theatre, which remains one of the last year-round professional resident repertory theaters in the country.

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Call Number

792 DAW b

Publisher

: ., 1982

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781469638157

Classification

792

Content Type

text

Media Type

computer

Carrier Type

online resource

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Subject(s)

History & Criticism
Performing Arts / Theater

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Statement of Responsibility

Mark Dawidziak

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umi

Source

https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/1187cf2b-583c-4817-87a1-d46d9c788021

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