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The Flowering Spirit: Classic Teachings on the Art of No by Zeami Publisher Comments The Flowering Spirit is a new translation of Fushikaden, the 15thcentury classic text by Zeami, founder of the No theater. Written sometime between 1400 and 1418, Fushikaden became a secret, sought-after guide to life for Zeamis acting troupe. Not until... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Five Modern No Plays by Yukio Mishima About the Author Charles Dunn's research into Kabuki and puppet drama at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, brought him into contact with various aspects of traditional Japan.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Balinese Dance, Drama and Music: A Guide to the Performing Arts of Bali by I Wayan Dibia Publisher Comments Balinese Dance, Drama and Music is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the most commonly seen forms of traditional performing arts in Bali: gamelan music, dance, drama and puppetry. It presents the history and function of each performance genre, and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage 1780 1830 by C Andrew Gerstle Publisher Comments Kabuki Heroes is about collective participation in urban culture--on the stage, in poetry salons, in art studios, and in fan clubs. Focusing on the culture of Kabuki theater in Osaka and Kyoto, the book illustrates the passionate hero worship of actors... (read more) Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Chinese Theatre (Introductions to Chinese Culture) by Jin Fu Publisher Comments Many colorful theatrical activities can be found throughout China. The best known and most unique of these is perhaps traditional Chinese opera, which has a history of over 800 years. However, since the early twentieth century, following increased... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Monzaemo Chikamatsu Publisher Comments Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. Today, the plays of this... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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The No Plays of Japan (Tut Books) by Arthur Waley Publisher Comments First published in 1921, The Noh Plays of Japan has been justly famous for more than three-quarters of a century and established the Noh play for the Western reader as beautiful literature. It contains translations of nineteen plays and summaries of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chikamatsu: 5 Late Plays by Monzaemon Chikamatsu Publisher Comments Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as "Japan's Shakespeare" and a "god of writers," was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. Today, the plays of this... (read more) Your price: $24.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864 by James R Brandon Publisher Comments The third volume in a monumental new series -- the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in nearly a quarter of a century.... (read more) List Price $58.25 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Kabuki Plays on Stage: Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799 by James R. Brandon Publisher Comments Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's... (read more) List Price $52.00 Your price: $46.15 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer by Eugenio Sava Barba Publisher Comments Containing over 650 photographs and diagrams, this lavishly illustrated and entirely original sourcebook on Western and non-Western theatre is an inspiring tribute to the secret art of the performer. Revised and updated with fifty new photographs of the... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Monzaemo Chikamatsu Publisher Comments < P> Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725), often referred to as Japan's Shakespeare and a god of writers, was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. Today, the plays of... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $5.75 Sale - Hardcover
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Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater by William T. Vollmann Publisher Comments From the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central comes a charming, evocative and piercing examination of an ancient Japanese tradition and the keys it holds to our modern understanding of beauty.... What is a woman? To what extent is... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Japanese Plays: Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature) by Al Sadler Publisher Comments Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and emptiness can fill the mind through words, music, dance, and mysticism. A.L. Sadler translates the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki in his... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu by Monzaemo Chikamatsu Publisher Comments Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today by puppet operators and Kabuki actors. Chikamatsu is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Playful Revolution: Theatre & Liberation in Asia by Eugene Van Erven Publisher Comments The Playful Revolution is an entertaining journal.... exemplary... --Illusions The Playful Revolution breaks new ground by documenting developmental theatre in Asia in its current socio-political and economic ethos... --New Theatre Quarterly T]his book... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Miracles & Mischief Noh & Kyogen Theater in Japan by Sharon Sadako Takeda Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 280) and index.... (read more) Your price: $20.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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No; And, Bunraku: Two Forms of Japanese Theatre by Donald Keene Publisher Comments Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this traditional theater form including its history, its stage and props, the use of music and dance in its... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Great Sanskrit Plays: In Modern Translation by P Lal List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Great Sanskrit Plays, in New English Transcreations by P. Lal TOC Shakuntala, by Kalidasa.--The toy cart, by King Shudraka.--The signet ring of Rakshasa, by Vishakadatta.--The dream of Vasavadatta, by Bhasa.--The later story of Rama, by Bhavabhuti.--Ratnavali, by Harsha.--Suggested books for further reading (p. xix-xx)-... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $13.31 Google eBooks - Electronic
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