Staging Irish dramas in Japanese theatre
Subtitle: studies in comparative theatrical performance
By: Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. ; with Siyuan Liu, Dallas McCurley and Jonah Salz ; with a preface by J. Thomas Rimer
Contributors: Liu, Siyuan, 1964 November 7- author; McCurley, Dallas, author; Salz, Jonah, author
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lewiston; Lampeter
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780773435155
Subjects: Theater; History; Japanese drama; History and criticism; English drama; Irish authors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.
Table of contents: title: Floating world/Emerald Isle: Japan as site of intercultural Irish drama / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr; title: Specific case studies of Japanese/Irish transcultural theatre. Japan and the introduction and reception of Oscar Wilde in China / Siyuan Liu; title: Someone (doesn't always) arrive: the Mugen noh plays of Ulick O'Connor's corrective history / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr; title: Convergences and resonances in the dramaturgy and mise-en-scene of Noh and Samuel Beckett / Jonah Salz; title: Inspired by kabuki: a theatrical experiment with Wilde's Salome / Dallas McCurley; title: Kabuki Salome: a script / adapted by Dallas McCurley from the play by Oscar Wilde.