Performing Shakespeare in Japan - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521148332 ISBN 13 : 9780521148337

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

A collection of essays and interviews on Shakespeare performance in Japan.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521148332
• ISBN 13: 9780521148337
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Éditeur: Ryuta Minami
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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