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Crosscurrents in the Drama: East and West - Vol. 6

Book by Stanley Vincent Longman; University of Alabama Press, 1998

Subjects:

Kabuki, Theater--Asia, Theater--Europe, Theater--United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...PART I: Keynote Papers: Kabuki and the West Some Considerations of Shakespeare in Kabuki 7 James R. Brandon...Comparison of the British Stage and Kabuki, ca. 1650-1800 19...
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Kabuki: Five Classic Plays
Includes: Sukeroku: Flower of Edo; Saint Narukami and the God Fudo; Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani; Love Letter from the Licensed Quarter; The Scarlet Princess of Edo

Book by James R. Brandon; University of Hawaii Press, 1992

Subjects:

Japanese Drama--Edo Period, 1600-1868--Translations Into English, Kabuki Plays--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...immediately opened at three major kabuki theaters in Osaka. Very probably these...historical drama. ) In January 1664 kabuki theaters were prohibited from performing...1751-1764) on. Puppet and kabuki theaters had existed side-by-side in...
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Six Kabuki Plays
Includes: Kagotsurube (The Courtesan); Musume Dojoji (The Maiden at Dojo Temple); Tsubosaka Reigenki (The Miracle at Tsubosaka Temple); Migawari Zazen (The Substitute); Takatsuki; Chushingura (The Forty-Seven Ronin)

Book by Donald Richie; The Hokuseido Press, 1963

Subjects:

Fiction, Kabuki Plays--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the finale. The Kabuki being, above all else, an actors theater, the changes were...was found of the theater. The Miracle Worker...always found at the Kabuki. Shoroku liked baseball...really know their theater." The Kabuki broke all attendance...
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The Kabuki Theatre

Book by Earle Ernst; Oxford University Press, 1956

Subjects:

Japanese Drama--History And Criticism, Theater--Japan

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

THE KABUKI THEATRE 1. One of the greatest contemporary Kabuki actors, Nakamura Kichiemon 1886-1954 , as Kumagai in The Battle of Ichinotani . Frontispiece THE KABUKI THEATRE By EARLE ERNST Professor of Drama and Theatre...
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Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan

Book by Zoë Kincaid; Macmillan, 1925

Subjects:

Japanese Drama--History And Criticism, Theater--Japan

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

KABUKI MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS...by Torii Kiyotada, the present head of the Torii School KABUKI THE POPULAR STAGE OF JAPAN BY ZOE KINCAID WITH...PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN My study of Kabuki I am deeply indebted to Mr. Seiseiin Ihara, the author...

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"Between Two Worlds": The Dybbuk and the Japanese Noh and Kabuki Ghost Plays

Journal article by Zvika Serper; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

Ansky, S.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Kabuki plays, Kabuki--Criticism, interpretation, etc., No--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Dybbuk (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...in Japanese Noh and Kabuki (traditional popular theater) ghost plays can provide...the dead. However, Kabuki theater, which appeared later...production, Noh and Kabuki are more than merely...Japanese traditional theaters are based on ritualistic...
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Othello's Passion: A Kabuki Play

Journal article by Elizabeth Zeman; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 25, 2007

Subjects:

Othello's Passion: A Kabuki Play (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...University of Illinois, previously directed Kabuki Macbeth (1978), Kabuki Othello (1986), and Kabuki Lady Macbeth at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (2005). Like those productions, his latest project combined a Shakespearean story with traditional...
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Ehon Gappo Ga Tsuji: A Kabuki Drama of Unfettered Evil by Tsuruya Nanboku IV

Journal article by Paul B. Kennelly; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 17, 2000

Subjects:

Ehon Gappo ga Tsuji (Theater)--Translations and translating, Japanese drama--Translations and translating, Kabuki plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Musical theater--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

Ehon Gappo ga Tsuji: A Kabuki Drama of Unfettered Evil by Tsuruya...Japanese theatre was dominated by the kabuki playwright Tsuruya Nanboku IV, who seized...contemporary literature to create a new type of kabuki play. This genre--of which Ehon Gappo...
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Yoritomo's Death: A Shin Kabuki Play by Mayama Seika

Journal article by Brian Powell; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 17, 2000

Subjects:

Kabuki plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Seika, Mayama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shoguns--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Yoritomo's Death (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

Yoritomos Death: A Shin Kabuki Play by Mayama Seika by Brian Powell Kabuki, while being one of Japans three great classical...the modern period. These are referred to as shin kabuki or "new kabuki." Mayama Seika is one of the best-known...
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Myth and Reality: A Story of Kabuki during American Censorship, 1945-1949

Journal article by James R. Brandon; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 23, 2006

Subjects:

Censorship--Analysis, Censorship--History, Kabuki plays--Analysis, Kabuki plays--History, Kabuki plays--Political aspects, Kabuki--Analysis, Kabuki--History, Kabuki--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Bowers, a friend of kabuki who later became...things, "Libraries, theaters, rallies, periodicals...hear that our grand Kabuki Theater Kabuki-za in Tokyo...tendency of the Japanese theater is to present democratic...threatened to end kabuki ("Weekly Report...

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THE TV CAMPAIGN: A Kabuki Theater of Dirtyclean

Magazine article by Rick Perlstein; The American Prospect, Vol. 11, November 20, 2000

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Political activity, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Political activity, Political campaigns--Media coverage, Presidential candidates--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

THE TV CAMPAIGN: A Kabuki Theater of Dirtyclean. by RICK PERLSTEIN The morning after...middle-class, filter. It is they who have scripted this years Kabuki theater of dirtyclean, which has come to dominate the two main campaigns...
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Crazy for Kabuki

Magazine article by Kathy Cunningham; School Arts, Vol. 100, November 2000

Subjects:

Art--Study and teaching, Arts education--Curricula, Kabuki--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The drama and color of Japanese Kabuki theater inspired this life-size Kabuki...that all Kabuki players are men! Kabuki actors are extremely well respected, and many have been in the theater for generations! Now came time...
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Get Physical: Movement Theater like Jump Broadens the Audience for Dance

Magazine article by Sylviane Gold; Dance Magazine, Vol. 81, October 2007

Subjects:

Dance--Social aspects, Dancing--Social aspects, Jump (Dance)--Performances, Musical theater--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...physical comedy. Looked at through the prism of Kabuki and other Asian theater forms, Jump begins to make sense. Its not a Vegas-style...dance numbers is readily apparent. But in Asian theater, and Kabuki in particular, dance inflects the movement from...
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Spring onto the Stage: From Winter's Depths to May's Renewal, You Can Warm Your Heart and Revitalize Your Mind with These Hot Offerings by and about Gays and Lesbians

Magazine article by Gerard Raymond; The Advocate, February 1, 2005

Subjects:

Theater--2005 AD, Theater--Calendars

Collections: Entire Library

...with John Weidman and Hugh Wheeler) about the opening of Japan to the West will present a chamber version of the Kabuki theater-inspired musical. 3F, 4F San Francisco, Magic Theatre, May 21-June 19 The world premiere of a daring new play...
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Awash in Puppeteers: Henson Festival & 'Symphonie Fantastique

Magazine article by Celia Wren; Commonweal, Vol. 125, October 9, 1998

Subjects:

Jim Henson Foundation--Exhibitions, Puppet theater--Exhibitions, Puppeteers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Symphonie Fantastique (Puppet theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Twist, Basil--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...three pieces, including the operatic Meiboku Sendai Hagi: Tale of the Loyalty of Goten Masaoka, a play often staged in kabuki theater. Wearing black, with black veils wrapped around their heads, the puppeteers coaxed six-inch marionettes, clad in elaborate...

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Kosovo Kabuki

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 29, 1998

Subjects:

Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Milosevic, Slobodan, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of resolve has come and gone. In the end, the Kosovo crisis was a classic example of the Clinton foreign policy as Kabuki theater. As shivering Kosovan refugees straggle back to the charred remains of what used to be their homes, accompanied...
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Full of Sound and Fury 'Lady Macbeth' a Very Good Slice of Shakespeare, but If You're Not Familiar with Kabuki, It May Signify Nothing

Newspaper article by Jack Helbig; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 25, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and the Japanese form of theater called Kabuki to get what is happening...culture to students and to theater audiences. "Kabuki Lady Macbeth" is only the...uses the conventions of Kabuki in an American theater context. In the 80s, Shozo...
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Kabuki Performers Fascinate at Warner

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 7, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...performance by Nakamura Kankuro and his Kabuki troupe at the Warner Theatre. I immediately noticed the theater was packed. Within moments, though...would definitely go again. Kabuki at the Warner Theater has a flurry of color with the...
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An International Affair New Plays in the Spotlight as City Hosts Theater Fests

Newspaper article by Scott Morgan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 16, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...very physical and very experimental," Godinez said. "They borrow from many different styles like Japanese Noh and Kabuki theater and classical Indian forms of movement." Fabrica de Teatro Imaginario hails from Bilbao, Spain, which is an interesting...
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Funny Thing about Passionate Reactions to Sondheim: His Innovations Have Changed Theater in Ways Not All Appreciate

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, May 19, 1996

Subjects:

Sondheim, Stephen

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Zeigfeld Follies stars and a crumbling theater as a metaphor. "A Little Night Music...Pacific Overtures" (1976) appropriated Kabuki methods in examining Adm. Matthew Perrys...career and is a landmark in the American theater. These works established Mr. Sondheim...

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Asian Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Republic of China in 1949 the theater (except on Taiwan) devoted...Ningyo-shibai marionettes and the Kabuki. The Ningyo-shibai reached...Chikamatsu ; both it and the Kabuki show similarities to the No...language. Also, like the No, the Kabuki uses only male actors, even...
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Kiyonobu I

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1664 1729, Japanese printmaker. Specializing in portraits of Kabuki actors, Kiyonobu I worked in the ukiyo-e print style (see...composition. Kiyonobu was closely allied with the world of theater and frequently painted the actors in their best-known roles...
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Chikamatsu, Monzaemon

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...tragedies of love and duty ( sewamono ). Author of 110 joruri puppet plays and 30 kabuki plays, he profoundly influenced the development of the modern Japanese theater. Among his best-known works are the Kokusenya-kassen Battles of Coxinga, a historical...
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Japanese Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the development of the kabuki and puppet ( joruri ; also known as bunraku ) theaters. Plays by dramatist...written for the puppet theater but adapted into kabuki performance as well...pioneered underground theater in the late 1960s...

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