<i>Kabuki</i> at the Crossroads

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25009-3
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 744 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1239 g

Reihe: Brill

Samuel L. Leiter's Kabuki at the Crossroads: Years of Crisis, 1952-1965 is the first detailed account of Japan's kabuki theatre in the years immediately following the end of the Occupation. It examines every aspect of this traditional theatre as it struggled to maintain its position in a rapidly changing postwar entertainment environment. It covers acting rivalries, major productions, theatres, international tours, the convention of men playing female roles, name-taking and memorial ceremonies, the company system and managerial strategies. In addition, the volume includes numerous appendixes chronicling the period, including a thorough chronology and 150 summaries of new plays never previously discussed in English.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leiter, Samuel L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel L. Leiter, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, has published 25 books on subjects ranging from New York theatre to kabuki. Most recent is his Rising from the Flames: The Rebirth of Theatre in Occupied Japan: 1945-1952 (2009).