Leiter (theater, State U. of New York-Brooklyn College has assembled 15 of his essays on the traditional Japanese theater form. They explore actors, performance, theaters, and history. Annotation (c)
"An important resource for any scholar working on the production history of Shakespeare's plays. . . . Because each entry has a complete list of sources, the book can be used as a helpful bibliography
Leiter (theater, Brooklyn College and CUNY) presents the first English-language collection of disparate essays exploring Japan's kabuki theater. Fifteen of the 20 essays were previously published b
Samuel L. Leiter's Kabuki at the Crossroads is a thorough account of Japan's most famous traditional theatre as it struggled to survive in the maelstrom of post-Occupation Japan's rapidly changing ent
The A to Z of Japanese Traditional Theatre covers all four genres, providing information on nearly every aspect, including actors, theatres, companies, history, makeup, costumes, masks, biographies, t
This updated edition adds well over 200 plot summaries representing each theatrical form in addition to:a chronology;introductory essay;appendixes;an extensive bibliography;over 1500 cross-referenced
This is the first book to describe the way in which the traditional and modern forms of Japanese theater responded to Japan's defeat in World War II. It includes sixteen essays by thirteen specialists
Kabuki has been a part of Japanese culture for nearly four centuries. This revision of the 1979 Kabuki Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference source on Japan's kabuki theatre in any language
As part of its program to promote democracy in Japan after World War II, the American Occupation, headed by General Douglas MacArthur, undertook to enforce rigid censorship policies aimed at eliminati
This volume contains the proceedings of the Zeami and the Nô Theatre in the World symposium, held in New York City in October 1997, in conjunction with the Japanese Theatre in the World exhibit shown
As part of its program to promote democracy in Japan after World War II, the American Occupation, headed by General Douglas MacArthur, undertook to enforce rigid censorship policies aimed at eliminati
Less than one tenth of the active repertory of kabuki plays have been translated from Japanese into English. The four-volume set begins to correct the deficiency, choosing plays that are being perform
This first volume in a series collecting kabuki play translations draws on new research in kabuki performance and history and presents translations of traditional plays by 22 scholars ranging from the
This volume presents translations of 14 kabuki plays written between 1804 and 1864 a period marked by extreme violence and sexual aggressiveness on stage. Descriptions of costumes and makeup are inclu
A dozen plays conclude the four-volume sampling of the traditional Japanese drama form. They were selected for strong stories and characters; for representing major playwrights, periods, types, and pe
The 18 plays were selected as most outstanding from the 51 translated in the four-volume Kabuki Plays On Stage (2002-03). They represent the entire spectrum of the Japanese dramatic genre from 1697
How do classical, highly codified theatre arts retain the interest of today's audiences and how do they grow and respond to their changing circumstances? The eight essays presented here examine the co
