Yukio Mishima Double Bill - Hanjo & Hell Screen
From: Tuesday, 16th June 2009
To: Saturday, 4 July 2009
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Our Review:
19 June 2009
This is a rare chance to see two short plays by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, one of the greatest exponents of Japanese literature (recently represented in the West End with Madame de Sade), whose turbulent life led him to commit harakiri at the age of forty-five. Both plays are infused with a strong sense of loneliness, and the pursuit and possession of love.
The plays' themes are uniquely summed up in the subheading of the programme notes - “Love, Madness, Blindness, A Fan and One Maple Leaf ...” - Mishima’s characters become tragic heroes/heroines trapped inside their own desires. These plays, derived from traditional tales and the stylistics of Noh and Kabuki theatre, explore universal issues in a contemporary setting using a translation that allows the rhythms of the piece to remain Japanese in essence.
Wai Yin Kwok's inspirational open-plan set, with its raised central area of 12 large low-cushioned tiles, serves for both the interior of th...
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StoneCrabs Theatre (Company)
Franko Figueiredo (Director)
Kwong Loke (Director)
Wai-yin Kwok (Design)
Pablo Fernandez Baz (Lighting)
Dinah Mullen (Sound)
James Scott (video/image) (Other)
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