Performing Shakespeare in Japan by Minami Ryuta

Performing Shakespeare in Japan by Minami Ryuta

Shakespeare has an astonishingly rich and varied performance tradition in Japan, stretching from the Westernizing and modernizing ferment of the nineteenth-century Meiji era to the postmodern performance culture. How has the tradition evolved? Where is it going? How is it to be accounted for in theatrical and cultural terms? What does it mean to perform Shakespeare in Japan? Such questions are raised in this 2001 book's introduction and pursued in fourteen essays on key aspects, moments and personalities in the performance tradition. These are followed by provocative interviews with four leading directors (Deguchi Norio, Ninagawa Yukio, Suzuki Tadashi and Noda Hideki) and with one leading performer (Hira Mikijiro). Unlike the very few existing books on Japanese Shakespeare, this book concentrates on modern and postmodern theatre, from c.1970, and contains contributions from both Japanese and Western scholars and theatre practitioners.

Review of the hardback: 'This excellent book … makes you want to board the next flight to Tokyo and take up the challenge' The Times Literary Supplement

Carruthers, Ian: - Ian Carruthers has taught in the Theatre and Drama Department of La Trobe University since 1985.

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ISBN 13	9780521148337
ISBN 10	0521148332
Title	Performing Shakespeare in Japan
Author	Minami Ryuta
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2010-06-03
Number of pages	284
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