The Theatre of Suzuki Tadashi

by Takahashi Yasunari and Ian Carruthers

Book Overview

Suzuki is Japan's best-known director. He has been internationally acclaimed for his postmodern adaptations of classics by Nanboku, Euripides, Shakespeare and Chekhov since the 1970s, including The Trojan Women, King Lear and Three Sisters and, equally, for his powerful actor training system, which combines elements of Noh and Kabuki with Western realism. Inviting artists from around the world to perform at his Toga and Shizuoka International Festivals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521590248
• ISBN13: 9780521590242
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"