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Tama-no-Dan
Contributed by David Crandall INTRODUCTION: “Tama-no-Dan is a famous segment from the noh play Ama, which recounts how a diver (a woman of humble origins) has an affair with a high court official (Fujiwara no Fuhito) and bears him a … Continue reading
Miya (Pt. II)
(Editor’s note: below is Part I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Miya.” This entry includes the kuri/sashi/kuse sections as well as a brief ai-kyogen interlude. The Boat Captain appears in his true guise as Hata, the builder of the boat. … Continue reading
Miya (Pt. I)
(Editor’s note: below is Part I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Miya.” It is patterned after a traditional first category (or Waki) play. The three plays posted here by Ms. Preston explore aspects of her life. In this entry we … Continue reading
Egret at San Diego Bay (Pt. I)
(Editor’s note: below is Part I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Egret at San Diego Bay.” The play is modeled after traditional third category noh, and recounts part of Carrie’s personal history – life on a boat; and the story … Continue reading
Zahdi Dates and Poppies (Pt. II)
(Editor’s note: below is Pt. II of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Zahdi Dates and Poppies.” In this selection more is learned of the waki and shite, and their interconnection through their lives; recounting the death of the shite – husbands, … Continue reading
Zahdi Dates and Poppies (Pt. I)
(Editor’s note: below is Pt. I of Carrie Preston’s English-language noh “Zahdi Dates and Poppies.” Ms. Preston weaves elements of her own life experience into this play modeled structurally after traditional second category noh plays. It recounts the story of … Continue reading
Zahdi Dates and Poppies: An Introduction
(Editor’s note: below is the introduction to Carrie Preston’s English-language noh works “Egret at San Diego Bay” and “Zahdi Dates and Poppies.” Preston draws from her own life experience in displaying contemporary settings for these plays. “Zahdi” is being scored … Continue reading
Newsletter, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2
The newest edition of our newsletter is now available. Please click on the image to download the PDF. In this issue we’ve got articles covering our 2011 Asia Tour, overviews of our recent workshops, and our recent development of new … Continue reading
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Tagged elizabeth dowd, hampden-sydney college, hong kong academy of performing arts, jubilith moore, lluis valls, noh, noh writers workshop, Oshima Kinue, Oshima Masanobu, oshima noh theatre, Oshima Teruhisa, pagoda tour, richard emmert, theatre nohgaku
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