Kabuki at the crossroads years of crisis, 1952-1965
By: by Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher: Global Oriental
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 744
ISBN-13: 9789004250093
Subjects: Kabuki; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: And then there was one: Tokyo's three top acting companies; title: Three K factors: Kenkyu Kai, Koryu, and Kaomise; title: Kansai Kabuki at the crossroads; title: Communists, teenage girls, and little theatres: three alternative Kabuki troupes; title: When Toho got its Mojo; title: Yakusha or Haiyu?: Kabuki actors at the crossroads; title: Changing names, memorial flames; title: Shumei of the century: the Danjuro dilemma; title: Till death do your parts: debuts, education, and mortality; title: From the Ginza to Broadway: Kabuki goes global; title: Playhouses, programming, and plays; title: Appendixes: A chronology of programs and events, May 1952 to December 1965; title: B Study groups: 1952-1965; title: C Traditional plays and the Zenshin-za 576; title: D The Katabami-za at the Sumida Gekijo and Oji Hall: 1952-1964; title: E Koshiro VII and Toho 580; title: F Selected awards: 1952-1965; title: G Shumei: 1952-1965; title: H Acting debuts: 1952-1965; title: I Actors' deaths: 1952-1965; title: J Production statistics: 1952-1965; title: K Actors, names; title: L Synopses of new plays produced at the Kabuki-za: 1952-1965.