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THEATRE HISRORY
101
A. Noh Theatre
B. Bunraku
C. Kabuki
A.Noh Theatre
(14th century)
1. Playwrights
a. Kyustsugu Kanami (1333-1384)
-considered as the great
innovator
b. Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1444)
-the greatest of all Noh dramatists
2. The Actors
* chorus six to ten people
- sings the actors lines when he is
dancing
* main types:
a. waki- the guest, oftentimes a wandering
priest.
The
Shamisen
B. Bunraku
(17th century)
Kabuki
(17th century)
C.
Actors
Roles:
References:
Heaven has a Face; So Does Hell : The Art of the Noh Mask;
1959.
The Kabuki Theatre, Earle Ernst. 1956.
The Noh drama; ten plays from the Japanese selected and