Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays.(Review) (book review)

BRAZELL, KAREN, Editor. Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays. New York, Columbia University Press, 1998. xiv + 562 pages. Illustrations, glossary, bibliography. Hardcover US$57.00/[pounds]39.95; ISBN 0-231-10872-9.

Recent books in English on traditional Japanese theater--noh, kyogen kabuki, and puppet drama--have provided interested readers with more detailed and specific information than ever before on the history of its development, aspects of performance and, of course, translations of plays. Traditional Japanese Theater; as the title suggests, attempts to bring ...

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