Performance

Venue	BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
	Also: Studios 1, 2 and 3
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	23rd March 2001
To	28th March 2001
When	20:00, Sun 18:00
Prices	From £15.75. To £15.75.
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (V168)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Kanadehon Hamlet

Work:: Kanadehon Hamlet (S972037460)

Kanadehon Hamlet is a backstage comedy about the first production of Hamlet in Japan - Shakespeare meets Kabuki in this sparkling, clever play based on historical fact. The wealthy Baron spends two years in American, where he encounters the legendary Edwin Booth's final performance. Back in Tokyo, he persuades the famous impresario Morita Kanya XII to let him direct his Kabuki stars in the first performance ever of a Western play. The actors struggle with Shakespeare's tale of revenge, war and ghosts until they realise the parallels with Kanadehon Chushinguru - the Tale of the 47 Ronin or masterless samurai. Harue Tsutsumi's play received the prestigious Yomiuri Literature Prize in 1992 and has played in Maebashi, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo and New York.

Author

Harue Tsutsumi

Production:: (T01701929019)

(with simultaneous translation)

Company	Kiyama Theatre Production (in association iwth Amy Kassai)
Director	Toshifumi Sueki
Design	Mitsuru Ishil
Performer	Minoru Uchida
Performer	Takashi Fujiki
Performer	Akio Hayashi
Performer	Nagtoshi Sakamoto
Performer	Naoya Hayasaka
Performer	Koichi Kubo

Listing:: L1271841151

Main House

Production details

(with simultaneous translation) Main House

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