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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453630403321

Autore

Powell Brian <1939, >

Titolo

Japan's modern theatre : a century of change and continuity / / Brian Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-97371-8

1-315-07320-X

1-134-24201-8

1-134-24194-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

792/.0952

Soggetti

Theater - Japan - History - 20th century

Theater - Japan - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Japan Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Setting; Chapter 1 Kabuki and the Challenges of a Changing Theatre World; Chapter 2 New Acting, New Production, Some New Playwriting; Chapter 3 Artists, Ideologues and Ideological Artists; Chapter 4 Diversity in Adversity; Chapter 5 Theatre Mobilised; Chapter 6 Consolidation; Chapter 7 One Tradition Promoted, One Challenged and One Created; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book endeavours to unravel the complicated skeins of Japanese theatre in the modern period and offers an appreciation of the richness of choice of presentational and representational theatre forms.Since the end of world War II there has been continuing but different conflict between the major theatrical genres. Kabuki continues to defend its ground successfully, but the 'new drama' (shingeki) became firmly established in its own right in the 1960s. It was a vigorous and exuberant 'underground' theatre which exploited anything and everything in the Japanese and western theatre traditio