In 1937,
The Lost Colony, Paul Green's dramatic retelling of
the founding and mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke Island
colony, opened to standing-room-only audiences and rave reviews.
Since then, the beloved outdoor drama has played to more than 3
million people, and it is still going strong. Produced by the
Roanoke Island Historical Association at the Waterside Theater near
Manteo, North Carolina,
The Lost Colony has run for more
than sixty summers almost without interruption. (Production was
suspended during World War II, when the threat of German submarines
prowling the coast made an extended blackout necessary.)
The model for modern outdoor theater,
The Lost Colony
combines song, dance, drama, special effects, and music to breathe
life into shadowy legend. This rendering of the play's text, edited
and with an introduction by Laurence Avery, brings this pioneering
work back into print.