"Japanese" Shakespeare as traditional, local and popular theatre

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22520159
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Masae 京都産業大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (70268291)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: シェイクスピア / 比較演劇 / 新作能 / 大和と沖縄 / アジアの伝統と西欧化 / 翻案 / 地方劇 / 劇団うない

Research Abstract

This research is one part of the scheme to place the traditional, local and popular theatre into the map of the reception of Shakespeare in “Asia, “including “Japan”. The aim is to analyze the nature of the present “intercultural” Shakespeare productions seen in the global or local scenes. For this purpose, I have focused on the “Shinsaku Noh Shakespeare” project as one example of the traditional “high culture” trying to incorporate Shakespeare as one of the “Honzetsu” (source material) to create a new repertoire. Another focus was on Shakespeare themes included in the Okinawan theatre such as Ryukyuan Opera and Shinsaku Kumiodori as examples of the local and popular theatre created with the influence from other Asian countries.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The Representation of Women in Okinawan Theatre: From Shakespeare to Shinsaku-kumiodori (2013)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Journal Title: 「復帰 40 年沖縄国際シンポジウム論集」(仮題、早稲田大学)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 「シェイクスピア・能・組踊-『マクベス』と『オセロ』の翻案舞台化を中心に」与那覇晶子編「組踊の系譜」ー朝薫の五番から沖縄芝居 (2012)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Journal Title: そして「人類館」へーシンポジウム「組踊の系譜」・「劇場と社会」(彩優印刷) Pages: 54-64
• [Journal Article] 雅萍(Ya-ping Chen)『解放と統制:初期台湾モダンダンスにおける植民地的近代と女性の舞踊身体』について (2011)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Journal Title: 西洋比較演劇研究 Volume: 10号 Pages: 142-143
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] The Representation of Women in Okinawan Theatre: From Shakespeare to Shinsaku-kumiodori (2012)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Organizer: 復帰40年沖縄国際シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学小野講堂
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-30
• [Presentation] シンポジウム・演劇と社会 (2012)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Organizer: シェイクスピア・能・組踊-「オセロ」「マクベス」の翻案舞台化を中心に-
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄県立美術館
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-11
• [Presentation] Izumi Shinsaku Noh Macbeth (2011)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki and Noriko
  • Organizer: Tradition and Innovation (Transformation) in Noh Shakespeare
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学国際演劇学会大会
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-11
• [Presentation] A proposal to the Asian Theatre Working Group: How can Noh/Kyogen contribute to Shakespeare productions, and how can Shakespeare contribute to indigenous theatre in Asia? (2011)
  • Author(s): Masae Suzuki
  • Place of Presentation: ドイツミュンヘン大学国際演劇学会大会
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-25
• [Presentation] Ya-ping Chen『解放と統制』について (2011)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Organizer: 西洋比較演劇研究会例会
  • Place of Presentation: 成城大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-29
• [Presentation] 沖縄における『夏の夜の夢の受容と上演』 (2011)
  • Author(s): 鈴木雅恵
  • Place of Presentation: 甲南大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-04-17
• [Book] New York, Shakespeare Yearbook Vo.17, Shakespeare and Asia (2010)
  • Author(s): Lingui Yang(Ed), Douglas A. Brooks, Ashley Brinkman, Glyn Parry, David Bevington, Richard Burt, Andrew Shoenbaum,Xianqiang Meng, Weimin Li, Alex. Huang, Bi-qi Beatrice Lei, Chin-jung Chiu, Alan Ying-nan Lin, Michael J. Collins, Timothy Billings, Chong Zhang
  • Total Pages: 321-336
  • Publisher: Yimin Luo,Masae Suzuki, Roger Strittmatter, Lynne Kositsky, David Richman, John Jowett Abdulla Al-Dabbagh, Marina Tarlinskaja Edwin Mellen Press