SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A Kyogen adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Mansaku Nomura and adapted by Yasunari Takahashi. An introductory talk (in Japanese) precedes the play.

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

11 Aug 1991

Duration

160 mins

Credits

Director

Mansaku Nomura

Production Design

Arata Isozaki

Cast

Mansaku Nomura	Sir John Falstaff
Shichisaku Ogawa	Mistress Margaret Page
Yukio Ishida	Mistress Alice Ford
Mannosuke Nomura	Frank Ford
Haruo Tsukizaki	Pistol
Takeshi Nomura	Bardolph

Additional Details

Theatre

Tokyo Globe Theatre

Theatre company

Tokyo Globe-Banyu Inryoku Company

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Kyogen; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

In Japanese with English subtitles.

History

The production was filmed at the opening of the 5th World Shakespeare Congress at the Tokyo Globe Theatre,
Produced by the Tokyo Globe-Banyu Inryoku Company, as part of the Japan Festival, on tour in England and Wales, 1991; by Mansaku no Kai Company at the Tokyo Globe Theatre, 8-11 August 1991; and at the ACM Gekijo of the Mito Art Museum, Mito, 27 January 1992.

Reviews

Green, William. Shakespeare Bulletin 12, no. 1 (1994), p. 41.

Hirokawa, Osamu. ‘Shakespeare and the World of Kyogen’. in Shakespeare Worldwide 14-15 (1995), pp186-204.

Production Company

Name

Tokyo Globe-Banyu Inryoku Company

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email

reference@folger.edu

Web

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Fax

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