A Guide to the Japanese Stage
Title | A Guide to the Japanese Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Cavaye |
Publisher | |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Theater |
ISBN |
A Guide to the Japanese Stage
Title | A Guide to the Japanese Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Cavaye |
Publisher | Kodansha |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9784770029874 |
Japan has a wide range of unique, highly refined performing arts that haveeveloped over centuries. This guide provides a brief history andntroduction to the features of each genre, together with recommendations oflays that are accessible to non-Japanese audiences. Brief synopses arerovided to approximately fifty selected plays, and well-known popularompanies, actors, writers, and directors are introduced. The text is widelyllustrated, and includes information about theatre listings, how to getickets, and which plays are available on DVD. It will be invaluable fornyone planning a visit to Japan and keen to experience its theatre firsthand,s well as providing additional insights for students of Japanese theatrend literature.
Traditional Japanese Theater
Title | Traditional Japanese Theater PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Brazell |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 580 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780231108737 |
The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.
The Classic Noh Theatre of Japan
Title | The Classic Noh Theatre of Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest Fenollosa |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780811201520 |
The Noh plays of Japan have been compared to the greatest of Greek tragedies for their evocative, powerful poetry and splendor of emotional intensity.
Guide to Japanese Drama
Title | Guide to Japanese Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Cabell Pronko |
Publisher | Hall Reference Books |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage
Title | Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Takashi Sasayama |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0521470439 |
Leading Japanese and Western Shakespeare scholars study the interaction of Japanese and Western conceptions of Shakespeare.
The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre
Title | The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | James R. Brandon |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1997-01-28 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521588225 |
A comprehensive and authoritative single-volume reference work on the theatre arts of Asia-Oceania. Nine expert scholars provide entries on performance in twenty countries from Pakistan in the west, through India and Southeast Asia to China, Japan and Korea in the east. An introductory pan-Asian essay explores basic themes - they include ritual, dance, puppetry, training, performance and masks. The national entries concentrate on the historical development of theatre in each country, followed by entries on the major theatre forms, and articles on playwrights, actors and directors. The entries are accompanied by rare photographs and helpful reading lists.