Japanese Shakespeare in the New Millennium

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02307
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Eglinton Mika 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (50632410)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 日本 / アジア / シェイクスピア / ２１世紀 / 舞台芸術 / オリエンタリズム / オキシデンタリズム / ポストコロニアリズム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the three years research period, I conducted research in libraries and theatre archives, attending and sometimes working at the international theatre productions and festivals as mainly as a translator-dramaturg. As a result, I published 2 articles for academic journals and 5 articles for books; presented 7 papers in English at international conferences; translated 11 plays from English to Japanese as well as from Japanese to English; published 22 theatre reviews for English language newspapers such as the Japan Times and theatre magazines.

Based on these results, I am working on publishing the first English language monograph on Yukio Ninagawa (1935-2016), Japan’s most iconic director, responsible for putting “Japanese Shakespeare” on the international stage. Also, I am working on "Japanese Shakespeare after the Millennium" , especially after the natural and human catastrophe of 11.March in 2011, and the theme of British Shakespeare after Brexit.

Free Research Field

シェイクスピア演劇