Transmitting the Dramatic: On the Stage Performance of Kishida Kunio's <i>Mama Sensei To Sono Otto</i>

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  • 岸田國士「ママ先生とその夫」の上演をめぐって
  • 岸田國士「ママ先生とその夫」の上演をめぐって : 劇的なものの発信
  • キシダ コクシ 「 ママ センセイ ト ソノ オット 」 ノ ジョウエン オ メグッテ : ゲキテキ ナ モノ ノ ハッシン
  • ――劇的なものの発信――

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<p>Kishida Kunio insisted that people living in the modern era should not find dramas only in tragedies. They should have such critical awareness that enables them to find comedies in everyday life. Writings are not, according to him, really the best vehicle for such comedies. Only theaters with audience make it possible for them to be really transmitted and appreciated. The essay discusses the performance of his Mama Sensei To Sono Otto (Teacher “Mama” and Her Husband), tuning to contemporary reviews and the leading actor's memoire for such details as his directions in the performance at Tsukiji Za (Tsukiji Theatre) and how the actors interpreted the characters in the play. His direction required the actors to deviate from the language of the script, thereby looking for ways out of the dominant modern views of language. His plays are definitely different from literary texts in general in that sense.</p>

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