Creating Kabuki Plays

Author : Katherine Saltzman-Li
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789004193208

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Creating Kabuki Plays by Katherine Saltzman-Li Pdf

This volume makes available for the first time a complete translation in English of a key text for our understanding of Kabuki, viz. Kezairoku, Sakusha Shikihô (Valuable Notes on Playwriting, A Playwrights’ Methodology, written 1801), being the only extant treatise fully devoted to the subject of Kabuki playwriting. At the hand of this vital text, the author addresses the history, methodology, and practitioners of Kabuki playwriting of the Edo Period (1603-1867.) The reader will find a critical examination of Kezairoku, and discussions regarding the connections between the Kabuki and literary worlds of Edo Japan, and between playwriting and the oral arts. The availability of the entire Kezairoku in English, together with a full contextualization of its teachings and meanings, offers a volume of great significance to both Japan and theatre scholars.

Author : Katherine Saltzman-Li
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789004121157

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Creating Kabuki Plays by Katherine Saltzman-Li Pdf

Significant study of Kabuki playwriting of the Edo Period (1603-1867), based around an examination and translation of the only extant treatise fully devoted to the subject, the 1801 "Kezairoku, Sakusha no Shikiho" (Valuable Notes on Playwriting, A Playwrights Methodology.)

Author : Earle Ernst
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0824803191

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The Kabuki Theatre by Earle Ernst Pdf

Studies the production and psychology of this Japanese drama form and compares its techniques with those of the Western theater

Author : Adolphe Clarence Scott
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0486406458

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The Kabuki Theatre of Japan by Adolphe Clarence Scott Pdf

One of the most comprehensive handbooks available on Kabuki theatre. Text describes the theater's development in the context of Japanese history, with detailed analyses of actors' techniques, music and dance, plays and playwrights, the playhouse's design evolution, and six representative Kabuki plays. Includes glossary of Japanese terms. "Highly recommended." — Library Journal.

Author : James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780824846282

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Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2 by James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. Volume 1 consists of thirteen plays that showcase early kabuki's scintillating and boisterous styles of performance and illustrates the contrasting dramatic techniques cultivated by actors in Edo (Tokyo) and Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto). The twelve plays translated in Volume 2 cover a brief period, but one that saw important developments in kabuki architecture, acting, dance, and the manipulation of characters and themes. As the series title indicates, the plays were translated to capture the vivacity of performances on stage. The translations, each accompanied by a thorough introduction that contextualizes the play, are based not only on published texts, but performance scripts and the study of the plays as they are performed in theatres today. Each volume is lavishly illustrated with rare woodblock prints in full color of Tokugawa- and Meiji-period productions as well as color and black-and-white photographs of contemporary performances.

Author : Faubion Bowers
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781462912186

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Japanese Theatre by Faubion Bowers Pdf

Japanese Theatre presents a full historical account for Westerners of the theater arts that have flourished for centuries in Japan. Kabuki, arising in the late seventeenth century, is the theater of the commoner. The successive syllables of Kabuki mean "song – dance – skill." The precursors of Kabuki were the puppet theater and the comic interludes in the stately, aristocratic Noh drama – all fully described by the author. In the modem era the Japanese have broken away from Kabuki, and their stage has shown a realistic trend. Left–wing theater groups arose in the 1920’s, were suppressed by the militarists, and then revived during the occupation. Appended to the historical chapters are Mr. Bowers's translations of three Kabuki plays: The Monstrous Spider, Gappo and His Daughter Tsuji, and the bombastic Sukeroku. This book, with its many excellent photographs, is a permanent addition to the West's knowledge of the exotic, exciting theater of Japan and its tradition of great acting.

Author : James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780824844752

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Kabuki Plays On Stage. Volume 3 by James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, is the third volume in a monumental new series-the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in nearly a quarter of a century. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. The fourteen plays translated in Volume 3, Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, mark an extreme point in the development of kabuki dramaturgy. The plays are remarkable, even within kabuki, for their intense theatricality, gutsy individualism of character, cold-blooded and ferocious violence, realism pushed into fantasy and grotesquery, novelty for its own sake, sexual aggressiveness, and assertion of female will. The plays depict a society in extremis, the end of an era, a time often marked by unmitigated darkness and desire.

Author : James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0824824032

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Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 1 by James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. Volume 1 consists of thirteen plays that showcase early kabuki's scintillating and boisterous styles of performance and illustrates the contrasting dramatic techniques cultivated by actors in Edo (Tokyo) and Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto). The twelve plays translated in Volume 2 cover a brief period, but one that saw important developments in kabuki architecture, acting, dance, and the manipulation of characters and themes. As the series title indicates, the plays were translated to capture the vivacity of performances on stage. The translations, each accompanied by a thorough introduction that contextualizes the play, are based not only on published texts, but performance scripts and the study of the plays as they are performed in theatres today. Each volume is lavishly illustrated with rare woodblock prints in full color of Tokugawa- and Meiji-period productions as well as color and black-and-white photographs of contemporary performances. Published with the assistance of the Nippon Foundation.

Author : Syutaro Miyake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136208348

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Kabuki Drama by Syutaro Miyake Pdf

First published in 2006. Kabuki is the most popular form of Japanese traditional theatre. More fast-moving than Noh, it is a colourful and exciting spectacle based around traditional, historical and mythic narratives, many of which involve the code of the samurai. A recurrent theme is the ethical ideal of the samurai who gives up his life for his lord and his country, and the actors who take on the roles of handsome young samurai enjoy large and enthusiastic followings. Kabuki plays are set in the feudal samurai era, and the actors wear dramatic makeup and costumes and engage in wonderfully choreographed swordplay. A feature of traditional Kabuki is that all the female roles are played by men known as onnagata.

Author : Karen Brazell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0231108737

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Traditional Japanese Theater by Karen Brazell Pdf

The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.

Author : Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317478041

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A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance by Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Unique in any Western language, this is an invaluable resource for the study of one of the world's great theatrical forms. It includes essays by established experts on Kabuki as well as younger scholars now entering the field, and provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Kabuki; how it is written, produced, staged, and performed; and its place in world theater. Compiled by the editor of the influential Asian Theater Journal, the book covers four essential areas - history, performance, theaters, and plays - and includes a translation of one Kabuki play as an illustration of Kabuki techniques.

Author : Tennessee Williams
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : American drama
ISBN : 0811210472

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The Red Devil Battery Sign by Tennessee Williams Pdf

This book is William's symbol for the military-industrial complex and all the dehumanizing trends it represents from mindless cocktail party chatter to bribery of officials to assassination plots directed against those who won't play the game, to attempted coups by right-wing zealots.

Author : James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0824827880

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Masterpieces of Kabuki by James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Masterpieces of Kabuki contains eighteen outstanding dramas taken from the landmark four-volume series Kabuki Plays On Stage. Together they cover the entire spectrum of kabuki drama from 1697 to 1905, the period during which kabuki’s dramaturgy flourished prior to the onset of Western dramatic influence. Major playwrights, chronological periods of playwriting, and a variety of play types (history, domestic, and dance dramas) and performance styles are represented. All but one are in the current repertory and regularly staged. The volume includes introductions to each play and a new general introduction highlighting kabuki’s historical development and relating the plays to their performance context. As the subtitle implies, the plays are translated as if "on stage." Stage directions indicate major scenic effects, stage action, costuming, makeup, music, and sound effects. In some cases, complex stage actions such as stage fights are given in detail. The plays collected here are all marvelous examples of dramatic writing, intended to be acted on the stage before audiences. They reveal kabuki’s eras of brilliance and bravado, villainy and vengeance, darkness and desire, and restoration and reform. All continue to stir audiences to admiration and excitement.

Author : Earle Ernst
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780824846060

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The Kabuki Theatre by Earle Ernst Pdf

Author : Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0486408728

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The Art of Kabuki by Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Complete texts of Benten Kozo, Pulling the Carriage Apart and The Village School, Shunkan, and Naozamurai. Commentary on each play by actors and critics. Nearly 100 photographs.