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Books on: noh plays

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1.

The Old Pine Tree, and Other Noh Plays

Book by Makoto Ueda; University of Nebraska Press, 1962

Subjects:

Drama, English Drama--Translations From Japanese, Japanese Drama--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...TREE THE OLD PINE TREE and Other Noh Plays Translated from the Japanese...to introduce some of the finest Noh plays to the English-speaking world for...For the answer we must go to the Noh plays themselves. They were written precisely...
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The Noh Drama

Book by Nippon Gakujutsu ShinkŌkai; Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1960

Subjects:

Noh (Japanese Drama And Theater)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...arduous task of translating the Noh plays which was begun in 1940, soon after...acknowledged as a great authority on Noh plays, and has written many important...and aesthetic principles governing Noh plays, and gave detailed instructions concerning...
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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

...DOJO TEMPLE ADAPTED FROM A NOH PLAY AND FIRST PERFORMED IN...SERPENT-DEMON. THE TEXTS OF NOH ARE OFTEN FRAGMENTARY IN THE...quite interesting. The Kyogen plays, Migawari Zazen and even the...pillow-words, taken straight from the Noh, was given as narrative. Tsu...
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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

KABUKI FIVE CLASSIC PLAYS Kabuki FIVE CLASSIC PLAYS Translated by James R. Brandon University of Hawaii...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kabuki : five classic plays / translated by James R. Brandon. p. cm. Translation of...
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The Politics of Irish Drama: Plays in Context from Boucicault to Friel

Book by Nicholas Grene; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Boucicault, Dion--1820-1890--Political And Social Views, English Drama--Irish Authors--History And Criticism, Friel, Brian--Political And Social Views, Political Plays, English--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Ireland--History--19th Century, Politics And Literature--Ireland--History--20th Century, Theater--Political Aspects--Ireland

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Politics of Irish Drama analyzes some twenty-five of the best-known Irish plays from those of Dion Boucicault to Sebastian Barry, including works by Shaw, Yeats, Lady Gregory and Beckett. The book looks at political contexts for these plays and, in arguing for the outward-directed nature of ...
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The Politics of Irish Drama analyzes some twenty-five of the best-known Irish plays from those of Dion Boucicault to Sebastian Barry, including works by Shaw, Yeats, Lady Gregory and Beckett. The book looks at political contexts for these plays and, in arguing for the outward-directed nature of dramatic representation of Ireland, shows Irish drama to be an international as much as national phenomenon.
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Journal Articles on: noh plays

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Figures of Desire: Wordplay, Spirit Possession, Fantasy, Madness, and Mourning in Japanese Noh Plays

Journal article by Stanca Scholz-Cionca; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 21, 2004

Subjects:

Figures of Desire: Wordplay, Spirit Possession, Fantasy, Madness, and Mourning in Japanese Noh Plays. (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...Madness, and Mourning in Japanese Noh Plays. by Stanca Scholz-Cionca...dissertation on genzai (real life) plays, a span of time in which the scope...moreover, textual studies of the plays drew much profit from recent scholarly...
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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

...and performances. The patterns of Noh plays are similar in structure to these...ritualistic pattern of the Noh. The Noh plays are classified into five categories...of the second and third category Noh plays. At the end of The Dybbuk, after...
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Japanese Noh and Kyogen Plays: Staging Dichotomy

Journal article by Zvika Serper; Comparative Drama, Vol. 39, 2005

Subjects:

Drama--Evaluation, Opposites--Analysis, Plays--Evaluation, Polarity--Analysis, Theatrical actors--Performances

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...as interludes between the serious Noh plays. The plots are based in the present...important literary edition of the Noh plays in the second half of the twentieth...of the second half of Phantasmal Noh plays, the waki is completely passive...
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Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice

Journal article by Monika Dix; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 78, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...illusion and audience interest to tactics for composing successful plays to issues of somaticity and bodily training. Shelley Fenno Quinns new approach to analyzing Zeami and his influence on the noh theatre is further enhanced by the rich inclusion of visual images...
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Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice

Journal article by Margaret Coldiron; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 24, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Developing Zeami: The Noh Actor's Attunement in Practice (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Yamazakis admirable translation of Zeamis treatises (On the Art of Noh Drama, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984). In addition...not only detailed insights into composition and structure of no plays, but also reveals the allusive interconnectedness between literary...

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Magazine Articles on: noh plays

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A Fecund Harbor for Tennessee Williams: There Are Revelations Aplenty at a Provincetown Festival

Magazine article by Randy Gener; American Theatre, Vol. 24, December 2007

Subjects:

An Occidental Noh Play (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Festivals--Personal narratives, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Provincetown, Massachusetts--Fairs and festivals, Williams, Tennessee--Criticism and interpretation, Williams, Tennessee--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...Which a Man Dies (An Occidental Noh Play), by Tennessee Williams...of obscure Tennessee Williams plays in Provincetown, Mass., seems...and subtitled "An Occidental Noh Play." In April 08, all the above-mentioned...Traveling Companion and Other Plays, edited by the scholar Annette...
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Saints, Sin and Erik Ehn: Mysticism Ignites the Plays-And Theories-Of a Theatrical Visionary

Magazine article by Celia Wren; American Theatre, Vol. 21, May-June 2004

Subjects:

Dramatists--Biography, Ehn, Erik--Biography, Playwrights--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...and other honors--and yet the plays themselves are staged none too...Diego, Calif.; and San Franciscos Noh-focused Theatre of Yugen (where...planned to write another 20 saints plays in the following three months...to his substantial interest in Noh drama: With Theatre of Yugen...
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The Forgotten Shakespeare : Western Companies Ignore Feudal Origins

Magazine article by John Elsom; World and I, Vol. 14, July 1999

Subjects:

Drama--17th century AD, English drama--17th century AD, Plays--17th century AD, Shakespeare, William, Theatrical production

Collections: Entire Library

...husbands as their lords and masters; and with this in mind, the plays title means what it says. Shakespeare may have poked fun at his...demanding play. Nobody can escape from its implications. In Japanese Noh theater, it is accepted convention that the spirits of the dead...
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December Theatre Almanac

Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 20, December 2003

Subjects:

Drama, Drama--Performances, Fires--1903 AD, Fires--1933 AD, Fires--1943 AD, Fires--Calendars, Plays--Performances, South Pacific (Play)--Performances

Collections: Entire Library

...a Japanese-held island. Ruby Dee, making her Broadway debut, plays one of the island natives. 50 YEARS AGO (1953) The musical...Japanese forms to create experimental "fusion" work, presents its Noh Christmas Carol at a tiny San Francisco venue. The Posts Janos...
5.

Summer Festival Watch

Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 22, July 2005

Subjects:

Art festivals--Forecasts and trends, Special events--Analysis, Special events--Forecasts and trends, Theater companies--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Entire Library

...July 20-23, and Yukio Mishimas Modern Noh Plays, July 28-30. Visit www.lincolncenter...new works through Dec. 15: French plays by Marc Israel-Le Pelletier (Bobby...resplendent Cape Cod. Of the four plays and two musicals on the main stage...

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Newspaper Articles on: noh plays

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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

...benefactor is playwright Kim Carney of Beverly Hills, Mich. Two of her plays have already received second productions after their initial...Godinez said. "They borrow from many different styles like Japanese Noh and Kabuki theater and classical Indian forms of movement...
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Dramatically Effective Therapy for Retardation

Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, May 1, 2001

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

...Noh Theater, a 600-year-old sacred tradition. Ms. Hiltunen uses Kalevala, Finnish mythology, to dramatize plays for the Therapeutic Noh Theater. "Actually, it consists of meditative movements called kata - movement patterns that are similar to...
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Interrupted Banquet

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 24, 2006

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

...Byline: JULLIE Y. DAZA STATELY as a Noh play. Photogenic as a mountain when its...of the banquet. As Hamlet put it, "The plays the thing, in which to catch the conscience...heroine or cold-blooded bitch? Ziyi Zhang plays her like Lady Macbeth.
4.

More Than Just Kobe Beef

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 20, 2006

Subjects:

Airlines, Japan Airlines Company Ltd.

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

...on tatami-covered floors, delectable shabu-shabu dinners, fresh sushi dishes, elegant kimono robes, memorable kabuki plays and Noh dramas - and the hustle and bustle of Sunday strolls along Tokyos fast-paced Ginza Avenue. So upon invitation by Otsuka...
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Shakespeare in Translation; AFI Showcases Japanese Classics

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 12, 2007

Subjects:

King Lear (Play), Kurosawa, Akira, Shakespeare, William, Throne of Blood (Motion picture)

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

...range of meaning in the original plays, reconcile disparate artistic...the Elizabethan stage and the Noh drama and confirm the creative...provided a first exposure to Noh theater stylization for many...set the movie in a period when Noh drama flourished among the aristocracy...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: noh plays

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Japanese Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...short comedies performed in interludes between noh plays. The greatest writers of noh plays were Kanami Kiyotsugu (1333 84) and his son...tradition; Mishima wrote dramatic adaptations of noh plays and Japanese legends, while Minoru Betsuyaku...
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Asian Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...itself to political propaganda until the 1990s. Japanese Drama The Japanese No (or Noh) drama stands in stark contrast to both the Sanskrit and the Chinese. No plays are very short, virtually plotless, and tragic in mood. Performances of No plays are...

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