Description: Intended for both the student and the general reader, this book is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive handbooks available on Kabuki theater. A. C. Scott, an authority on Japanese classical drama who spent two years working with Kabuki performers in Tokyo, provides readers with all the information necessary for understanding and appreciating this storied amalgam of dramatic and musical arts. The clear and thoughtfully written text relates the theater's development against the background of Japanese social history, followed by detailed analyses of actors' techniques, music and dance, plays and playwrights, six representative Kabuki plays, and the evolution of the playhouse itself. Accompanied by a glossary of Japanese terms and illustrated with the author's own drawings and photographs, this outstanding study will be invaluable to student as well as general readers intrigued by this ancient, colorful from of Japanese theater.

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