Kotengeki no Shinenshutsu wa Ikani Arubekika: Sheikusupia 'Uenisu no Shōnin' (Mingei, Nissei Gekijo Kōen) ni Tsuite (How Should New Productions of Classic Plays be Staged? Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Mingei and Nissei Theatre Product

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Kotengeki no Shinenshutsu wa Ikani Arubekika: Sheikusupia "Uenisu no Shōnin" (Mingei, Nissei Gekijo Kōen) ni Tsuite ["How Should New Productions of Classic Plays be Staged? Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Mingei and Nissei Theatre Productions)"]

Takei, Teruo [written by].

[Japan, ca. 1968]. Handwritten.

A draft in pen of an article by famed literary critic Takei Teruo (1927-2010) on the performance of The Merchant of Venice staged at the Nissei Theatre in 1968. The article is a critique of the performance produced by the Mingei Theatre Company and directed by Asari Keita (1933-2018). This article is believed to have first appeared in print in the March 1968 issue (issue 105) of Mingei no Nakama magazine. An interesting record of Japanese commentary on a Shakespearean play.

Set of 31 loose leaves with manuscript text on one side. Many corrections in red and blue ink. 18.4 x 25.9 cm.

Kotengeki no Shinenshutsu wa Ikani Arubekika: Sheikusupia 'Uenisu no Shōnin' (Mingei, Nissei Gekijo Kōen) ni Tsuite (How Should New Productions of Classic Plays be Staged? Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Mingei and Nissei Theatre Product
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