Shakespeare in Japan: Deguchi Norio

Synopsis: CD-ROM. A multimedia exposition and comparison of three parallel productions of The Shakespeare Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, all directed by Deguchi Norio at the Tokyo Globe in 1994. Each production (School Version, Bar Version and Mask Version) is represented by a sequence of ‘pages’ containing either still images or video clips. By moving through each sequence, the viewer can form an idea of what each production looked like and how it evolved. In addition to its visual content, each page contains two types of text:- a "commentary" on theatrical artistry and cultural context and the Shakespeare text corresponding to the moment shown on the screen. The viewer can then move across sequences, to discover how a moment or line or scene is handled in the other productions.
Language: Japanese
Country: Australia; Japan
Medium: Multimedia
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1995

Notes: Translation by Yuushi Odashima. The video extracts are performed in Japanese. Supporting materials in English.
General: The CD is a product of ‘Shakespeare in Asia’, a project supported by an Australia Research Council grant (1996-8), The multimedia project,`Shakespeare in Japan: Deguchi Norio"' builds on equipment and experience from a 1995 team project supported by a CAUT and LaTrobe University research grant: ‘Multimedia Performance Analysis’. The researchers were: John Gillies (team leader), Ian Carruthers and Bruce Williams.
Reviews: Gillies, John. ‘Shakespeare in Japan: A Multimedia Teaching Resource’. in English in Australia 125 (1999): 104-9.

Name: La Trobe University
Fax: 61-3-9479-3037
Address: Department of Theatre and Drama
School of Arts and Media
Bundoora 3083
Victoria, Australia

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