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Author:   Professor Tetsuhito Motoyama (Waseda University, Japan) ,  Rosalind Fielding (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Fumiaki Konno (Meiji University, Japan)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   The Arden Shakespeare
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350116245

ISBN 10:   1350116246
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Images Preface General Introduction Shakespeare and Adaptation Shakespeare's Reception in Japan Early Shakespearean Translations and Adaptations Post-Meiji Performance and Translation The Tokyo Shakespeare Company Kakushinhan Theatre Company The Shakespeare Company Japan The Three Daughters of Lear Introduction to The Three Daughters of Lear Interview: Edo Kaoru The Three Daughters of Lear Hamlet x Shibuya ~ Light, Was Our Revenge Tarnished? Introduction to Hamlet x Shibuya ~ Light, Was Our Revenge Tarnished? Interview: Kimura Ryunosuke Hamlet x Shibuya ~ Light, Was Our Revenge Tarnished? The New Romeo and Juliet Introduction to The New Romeo and Juliet Interview: Shimodate Kazumi The New Romeo and Juliet Appendix 1: A List of Stage Productions by the Three Theatre Companies Appendix 2: A List of Shakespeare Productions in the Tokyo Area in 2019 Bibliography

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The vibrancy of contemporary Japanese theatre is nowhere more evident than in this collection of three plays, all related to Shakespeare, whose texts now serve as a ubiquitous data base for Japanese dramatists seeking new creative possibilities, from homage to burlesque. King Lear, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet, here brilliantly expanded and transposed, appear in eloquent translations, accompanied by superlative background essays and interviews. A delight for readers or potential performers. * J. Thomas Rimer, University of Pittsburgh, USA *

Author Information

Tetsuhito Motoyama is Professor at Waseda University (Tokyo) in the Faculty of Law. Publications on Shakespeare and adaptation include co-authored with Kaoru Edo, ‘Strange Oeillades No More: The Three Daughters of Lear from the Tokyo Shakespeare Company’s “Shakespeare through the Looking-Glass”’, Shakespeare 9 no.4 (2013); and co-edited with Hiromi Fuyuki The Text Made Visible: Shakespeare on the Page, Stage, and Screen (2011). Rosalind Fielding is a translator and researcher. Publications include ‘Riots, Cherry Blossoms and Wheelchairs: The Performance Politics of Saitama Gold Theater’ in Performance Research 24 no.3 (2019) and a chapter in Shakespeare in East Asian Education: Schools, Universities and Theatre Education in Hong Kong, China, Japan and Korea (Palgrave). Fumiaki Konno is Senior Assistant Professor at Meiji University (Tokyo) in the Faculty of Commerce. Publications on Shakespeare and adaptation include co-authored with Tetsuhito Motoyama, ‘The Shakespeare Company Japan and Regional Self-fashioning’ in Bard Bites, edited by Kristin Bezio and Anthony Russell (forthcoming); “King Richard II (1857) and Chronicles,” The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University 533 (2018); and ‘Charles Kean’s Edition of Henry VIII: A Study of Its Base Text’, The Bulletin of Arts and Sciences, Meiji University 524 (2017).

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