Asian Shakespeare as Cultural Heritage -with special focus on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Okinawa

• Project/Area Number: 25370190
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Masae 京都産業大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (70268291)
• Research Collaborator: OHMINE Kayo 沖縄県立芸術大学, 付属研究所
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 夏の夜の夢 / 乙姫劇団 / 琉球歌劇 / 沖縄 / アジアのシェイクスピア / 野田秀樹 / 劇団うない / 間好子 / 翻案劇 / 妖精 / 比較演劇 / シェイクスピア / 沖縄芝居 / アジアの伝統芸能 / シェイクスピア上演 / 沖縄演劇 / アジア / マクベス / オセロ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The fucus of this project was on the study of the Ryukyuan Opera version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by the Otohimegekidan, the all-female troupe that emerged after World War II and disbanded in 2002. I have completed the English translatio of their 1960 version of script in order to understand tha nature of the locality oand universality of the Otohime production. I also accompnanied the Theatre Troupe Unai (which core members are ex-Otohime actors) to Hawaii for cross-obseravation. There I confirmed the "ritual," shamanistic side of their troupe, succeeded from Otohime Gekidan. For comparison, I also analyzed the production of MND by the post-Peter Brook directors in mainland Japan such as Noda Hideki. I also referred to the film production "Sankaku Yama no Majiru"(a.k.a. "Okinawan Midsummer Night's Dream") as well as the various version of MND performed by the Takarazuka Girls Revue.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Performance Review: Shinsaku-Noh Othello (2015)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Shakespeare Studies Volume: 53 Pages: 79-82
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] “Shakespeare, Noh, Kumiodori and Ryukyu Opera: Recreating Shakespeare in classical Japanese and Okinawan theatre” (2016)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Organizer: World Shakespeare Congress
  • Place of Presentation: King Edward School( Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K.）
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-02
• [Presentation] Democracy in Shakespeare in Okinawa (2015)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Organizer: FIRT(IFTR)
  • Place of Presentation: University of Hyderabad, India
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Stratifications of the Okinawan versions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream -from rituals to theatre and film- (2014)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Organizer: 国際演劇学会（FIRT)
  • Place of Presentation: Ｔｈｅ Ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ ｏｆ Ｗａｒｗｉｃｋ（英国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-30
• [Presentation] 「日本」の「マクベス」受容と上演 (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Organizer: 羽衣国際大学日本文化研究所プロジェクト「東西伝統演劇の融合ー劇能の創作と上演ー」
  • Place of Presentation: 羽衣国際大学日本文化研究所(大阪府）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-05
• [Presentation] A Misdummer Night's Dream in Okinawa (2014)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Organizer: 日本演劇学会
  • Place of Presentation: 摂南大学（大阪府）
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-14
• [Presentation] Cross-Dressing in Shakespeare (2014)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Organizer: International Conference on Shakespeare in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: 国立台湾大学 （台北）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-17
• [Presentation] Roots and Routes:The transformation of Puck in mainland Japan and Okinawa
  • Author(s): Masae SUZUKI
  • Organizer: ＦＩＲＴ（国際演劇学会）
  • Place of Presentation: Institute of Theatre, Barcelona, Spain
• [Presentation] The fantasy plays of Otohime Gekidan and Unai: A Midsummer Night'sDream
  • Author(s): Masae SUZUKI
  • Organizer: Theatre Company 'Unai' Lecture Demonstration
  • Place of Presentation: Room 36, Music Building, University of Hawaii i Manoa, U.S.A.
• [Presentation] The Duality of Okinawan Theatre: Facing "China" and "Japan"
  • Author(s): Masae SUZUKI
  • Organizer: 2014 CHINOPERL Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Philaderlphia Downtown Marriotte Room 306, PA, U.S.A.
• [Book] A History of Japanese Theatre (2016)
  • Author(s): Ed.Jonah Saltz, Masae Suzuki, Monica Bethe, Cody Poulton, Lawrence Kominz, Thomas Rimer, Samuel Leiter, Paul Griffith, William Lee, Barbara Thornbury, Daniel Gallimore and 47 others
  • Total Pages: 550
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• [Book] 新作能マクベス (2015)
  • Author(s): 泉紀子、鈴木雅恵、辰巳満次郎、陳怡伶、江坂悟、野村萬斎、藤原千沙、荒木泰恵、三橋佳奈子、中尾薫
  • Total Pages: 184
  • Publisher: 和泉書房
• [Book] 新作能 マクベス (2015)
  • Author(s): 泉紀子編 （泉紀子、辰巳満次郎、鈴木雅恵、恵阪悟、藤原千沙、荒木泰恵 他)
  • Total Pages: 165
  • Publisher: 和泉書院