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

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.

Free Research Field

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