Mishima on Stage: The Black Lizard and Other Plays Volume 59

by Yukio Mishima and Edogawa Rampo

Book Overview

Mishima on Stage presents nine plays written between 1949 and 1962 that demonstrate Mishima's breadth and originality as a playwright. Four are new kabuki plays that combine classical language and lyricism, the dance, music, and spectacle of traditional kabuki, and iconoclastic notions of class and morality that are "pure Mishima." Five are shingeki plays, including the tightly written one-act Steeplechase, which fuses contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929280424
• ISBN13: 9781929280421
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 340 Pages