Muromachi musicals: resetting kyogen in a modern medium.(REPORTS)

From: Asian Theatre Journal | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

The 1990s saw diverse experiments by professional kyogen actors. Nomura Mansai (b. 1966) performed kyogen in large halls with supertitles, lighting, and special effects--a "super-kyogen" recalling the even more high-tech "super-kabuki" plays of Ichikawa Ennosuke III. The late Nomura Mannojo (VIII, 1959-2004) reinterpreted Snow White as a kyogen farce, while the Shigeyamas of Kyoto adapt French farce, Beckett parables, and rakugo stories to kyogen style. The Osugi Musical Theatre has taken the opposite approach: transposing kyogen stories to the musical stage. To date we have ...

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