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Since 1937, "The Lost Colony" has piqued viewers' curiosity about what happened to the English colonists, shown here on their final march from their homes on Roanoke Island during the 2013 production

2014 North Carolina Outdoor Drama Calendar

Ancient Greece may be the birthplace of outdoor drama, but prize-winning Chapel Hill playwright Paul Green (1894-1981) invented the “symphonic drama of American history” when he wrote The Lost Colony: A Symphonic Drama of American History, which premiered on Roanoke Island in 1937, the 350th anniversary of the first English attempt to plant a permanent… Read More ›