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...complex hierarchy of Japanese drama, the Kabuki (literally "type of theater"), originated by Folk Dancer O Kuni in 1603, comes closest to the western theater. Less formal than the classical Noh drama, its stages extend into the audience like burlesque runways. Actresses are rare in Kabuki, and Nizaemon was equally at home in both male and female parts. As the leading lady in Akoya he had to perform expertly on three difficult musical instruments. His interpretation of the murdered warrior in The Story of the Soga was second to none...
...onner owet hot er aenie hame shnarra wolla fon dons on Shamrock, ow'r in blotz fon sawga 'Darf ich mit d'r hame lawfa, 'hot er g'sawt. 'Its akinda feicht tonight.' 'S maid'l is noh laenich hame, un so is aw der Abie." Translation: "Abie Walbert from out in back of Lehigh Church says he likes to take a girl home from a picnic, only always makes him nervous until he has asked her. The other night he was going to take one home from the dance...
...value of the various editions of Noh plays that have appeared in this country lies in the fact that they have, as far as the difficulties of translation would permit, aimed at preserving the very essence of Japanese drama. They have not arranged, edited, and adapted famous Japanese plays to make them more acceptable to our dramatic standards. They have remained faithful to the originals...
...casts for the Japanese "Noh" play, "Hagoromo", which will be revived by the Dramatic Club on Wednesday, November 16, at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, have been selected. With the exception of but one change the cast is the same as it was when the play was presented as one of the three in last spring's production of the club...
...Dramatic Club has accepted an invitation to present at the Copley Plaza hotel on the afternoon on Wednesday, November 16, the Japanese "Noh" play, "Hagoromo", which was one of the three short plays given by the club last spring. The play, which will be a part of the Japanese program at the Copley Plaza, will be given in a shortened form to fit the occasion...