MINORU BETSUYAKU |
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Nationality: Japanese Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Japan's leading absurdist playwright
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Minoru Betsuyaku
Scene With A Red Bird, A |
1st Produced: | American Theatre of Actors, NY | 2006 | ||||
Organisations: | Kiyama Theatre Productions & IPS Productions | |||||
1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
Music: | - | doollee no | #57173 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Minoru Betsuyaku. The production performed in Japanese with a simultaneous English translation available on headset. | |||||
Synopsis: | A Scene With a Red Bird is a fable that depicts Japan's civil society after World War II. The story centers around a blind woman and her younger brother, who decide to work off their parents' debt after their suicides but are suppressed by a committee which had been formed to investigate the parents' suicides. The woman's devotion to the debt brings anxiety to the townspeople who hope for nothing but a quiet, undisturbed life. This makes her a 'red bird'-a symbol of danger or a red light to a society that is unable to face its collective guilt. | |||||
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