Since the late Meiji period, Shakespeare has held a central place in Japanese literary culture. This account explores the conditions of Shakespeare's reception and assimilation. It considers the problems of translation both cultural and linguistic, and includes an extensive illustrated survey of the most significant Shakespearean productions and adaptations, and the contrasting responses of Japanese and Western critics.

Shakespeare in Japan

Literature & Fiction

Bradshaw, Graham

Kishi, Tetsuo

History & Criticism

Bloomsbury Academic

Since the late Meiji period, Shakespeare has held a central place in Japanese literary culture. This account explores the conditions of Shakespeare's reception and assimilation. It considers the problems of translation both cultural and linguistic, and includes an extensive illustrated survey of the most significant Shakespearean productions and adaptations, and the contrasting responses of Japanese and Western critics.

Dramas & Plays

Continuum

The Fifth World Shakespeare Congress, held in Tokyo in August 1991, attracted seven hundred Shakespeareans from thirty-five countries. Those contributing to the program included some of the best-known critics and scholars working today in the field of Shakespeare studies. A selection of the many stimulating papers given during the congress is presented here in Shakespeare and Cultural Traditions. This theme of Shakespeare and cultural traditions was explored from many angles: the cultural forces that helped shape Shakespeare's work in his own time: the assimilation of Shakespeare by other cultures through translation and theatre performances: the creative influence of the plays on other cultural media such as opera and film: and interpretations of Shakespeare from late-twentieth-century viewpoints including the psychoanalytical, the political, the feminist, and the new historical. The lectures delivered by the four plenary speakers of the congress are published here: Stephen Greenblatt's groundbreaking paper on witchcraft and Macbeth: Germaine Greer's perceptive analysis of the presence of the proletariat in Shakespeare's plays: Ruth Nevo's intriguing exploration of Freudian perspectives on Hamlet; and Takashi Sasayama's important comparative study of tragedy and emotion in Shakespeare and Chikamatsu. This volume also includes papers by other Shakespearean scholars of international reputation, offering fresh insights into many topics of interest. Among them are John Russell Brown on "Shakespeare's Plays and Traditions of Playgoing"; Sukanta Chaudhuri on "Shakespeare and the Ethnic Question"; Werner Habicht on the German Shakespeare tradition; Alexander Leggatt on bearbaiting; Avraham Oz on The Merchant of Venice; Annabel Patterson and Taming of the Shrew; and Gary Taylor on "Bardicide." Taken together, the essays collected in Shakespeare and Cultural Traditions constitute a remarkable range of responses to Shakespeare's enduring art and offer a truly international and multicultural assessment of his presence in the world today.

Shakespeare and Cultural Traditions: The Selected Proceedings of the International Shakespeare Association World Congress, Tokyo, 1991

Pringle, Roger

International Shakespeare Association World Congress 1991 Tokyo, japa

UNKNO

Focuses on David Garrick and the leading actors of his company at Drury Lane. This book tells how, in their time, Garrick, Macklin and Woffington were as famous for their achievements on the stage as they were infamous for their activities off it. It draws a selection of the actors' own words with those of their contemporaries and critics.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 1: David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by Their Contemporaries

Biographies & Memoirs

Goring, Paul

Marshall, Gail

Caines, Michael

Shaughnessy, Nicola

Reference & Collections

Routledge

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 2: David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by Their Contemporaries

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part I, Volume 3: David Garrick, Charles Macklin and Margaret Woffington by Their Contemporaries

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre. The publishing market responded to a seemingly insatiable appetite for accounts of the personalities, social lives and performances of celebrated entertainers. This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 1: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

Raby, Peter

Freeman, Lisa

Davis, Jim.

Arts & Literature

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 2: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 3: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives.

Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 1: Charles Kean, Samuel Phelps and William Charles Macready by their Contemporaries

Swindells, Julia

Foulkes, Richard

Sawyer, Robert

Taylor, David Francis

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