ePub Cyrano de Bergerac: A Prose Translation by Edmond Rostand in Arts-Photography

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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 1920rsquo;s; were suppressed by the militarists; and then revived during the occupation.Appended to the historical chapters are Mr. Bowerss 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 Wests knowledge of the exotic; exciting theater of Japan and its tradition of great acting.