Shakespeare in the Theatre: Yukio Ninagawa

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Text
Series Preface
Foreword by Thelma Holt
1 Introduction
2 Foreign Plays, Japanese Images
3 Hamlet
4 The Sai no Kuni Shakespeare Series
5 Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Conor Hanratty is a theatre and opera director from Dublin, Ireland. He was awarded a Monbukagakusho (Japanese Government) Scholarship to study at Waseda University in Tokyo, and has an MFA in Directing from UCLA. He spent a year in rehearsal with Ninagawa, observing the creation of several productions.

Summary

Yukio Ninagawa (1935–2016) was Japan's foremost director of Shakespeare whose productions were acclaimed around the world. His work was lauded for its spectacular imagery, its inventive use of Japanese iconography and its striking fusion of Eastern and Western theatre traditions.

Over a career spanning six decades, Ninagawa directed 31 of Shakespeare's plays, many of them, including Hamlet, on multiple occasions. His productions of Macbeth, The Tempest, Pericles, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline became seminal events in world Shakespeare production during the last 30 years.

This is the first English-language book dedicated exclusively to Ninagawa’s work. Featuring an overview of his extraordinary output, this study considers his Shakespearean work within the context of his overall career. Individual chapters cover Ninagawa’s approach Shakespeare and Greek tragedy, in particular his landmark productions of Macbeth and Medea, and his eight separate productions of Hamlet. The volume includes a detailed analysis of the Sai-no-Kuni Shakespeare Series – in which Ninagawa set out to stage all of Shakespeare’s plays in his hometown of Saitama, north of Tokyo. Written by Conor Hanratty, who studied with Ninagawa for over a year, it offers a unique and unprecedented glimpse into the work and approach of one of the world’s great theatre directors.

Product details

• Authors: Conor Hanratty
• Assisted by: Bridget Escolme (Editor), Farah Karim-Cooper (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781350239463
• ISBN: 978-1-350-23946-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: The Arden Shakespeare; Shakespeare in the Theatre
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Individual actors & performers, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Individual actors and performers, Theatre Direction & Production, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Theatre direction and production, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean