Performing Shakespeare in Japan

Abstract

List of illustrations List of contributions Preface Takahashi Yasunari Acknowledgements Introduction Minami Ryuta, Ian Carruthers and John Gillies Part I. Early Modern and Traditional Theatre Productions: 1. What do we mean by 'Japanese' Shakespeare? Anzai Tetsuo 2. Japan as 'half-civilized': and early Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Japan's construction of its national image in the late nineteenth century Yoshihara Yukari 3. Shakespeare in Kabuki James R. Brandon 4. Osanai Kaoru's version of Romeo and Juliet, 1904 Matsumoto Shinko 5. Some Noh adaptations of Shakespeare in English and Japanese Ueda Munakata Kuniyoshi 6. The Braggart Samurai: a Kyogen adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor Michael Shapiro Part II. Modern Productions (Post World War II): 7. Weaving the spider's web: interpretation of character in Kurosawa Akira's Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jo) Paula von Loewenfeldt 8. Innovation and continuity: two decades of Deguchi Norio's Shakespeare Theatre Company Suematsu Michiko 9. Tragedy with laughter: Suzuki Tadashi's The Tale of Lear Takahashi Yasunari 10. The Chronicle of Macbeth: Suzuki method acting in Australia, 1992 Ian Curruthers 11. The rose and the bamboo: Noda Hideki's Sandaime Richado Suzuki Masae 12. Shakespeare reinvented on the contemporary Japanese stage Minami Ryuta 13. Juliet's girlfriends: the Takarazuka Revue Company and the Shojo culture Ohtani Tomoko 14. Directing 'Japanese Shakespeare' locally and universally: an interview with Gerald Murphy Ted Motohashi Part III. Interviews with Directors and Actors: 15. Interview with Deguchi Norio 16. Interview with Suzuki Tadashi 17. Interview with Ninagawa Yukio 18. Interview with Noda Hideki 19. Interview with Hira Mikijiro Afterword: Shakespeare removed: some reflections on the localization of Shakespeare in Japan John Gillies Index.