num_pages: 191
description: This is the first study of an important part of Japanese author Kobo Abe's life, his work in the theater. Professor Nancy Shields attended all of the rehearsals &amp; witnessed Abe's plays as they evolved under his guidance. She also accompanied his troupe on its American tour. In this volume she describes both the process &amp; the art of a man who was no less gifted as a man of the theater than as a novelist. Abe directed his own plays because he felt that "writing a play &amp; staging it were almost the same thing." The book is illustrated with over 100 black-&amp;-white photos of Abe &amp; the rehearsals &amp; performances of his plays, &amp; has an illuminating foreword by Donald Keene, an authority on Japanese culture.
language: English
title: Fake Fish: the Theater of Kobo Abe
titlecomplete: Fake Fish: the Theater of Kobo Abe
genres: Japanese Literature
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Weatherhill