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DONALD KEENE
Nationality: British
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Donald Keene's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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below is a list of Donald Keene's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Battles Of Coxinga, The Cliff Of Time, The Damask Drum, The Friends Ghost Is Here, The Green Stockings Hanjo Involuntary Homicide Lady Aoi, The Love Suicides At Amijima, The Love Suicides At Sonesaki Madame De Sade Man Who Turned Into A Stick, The Sotoba Komachi Suitcase Uprooted PineBattles Of Coxinga, The
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Original Playwright - Chikamatsu Monzaemon
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Major Plays by Chikamatsu" published by Columbia University Press 1997 978--0231111010
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Top of PageCliff Of Time, The
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
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Contained in: "the Man Who Turned Into a Stick" published by University of Tokyo Press 1975 978-0231082815
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Top of PageDamask Drum, The
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Original Playwright - Yukio Mishima
1st Produced:
Greenwich Playhouse, London 2004
Organisations:
Stone Crabs
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Translation
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageFriends
A young man is living alone in an apartment. A family suddenly turn up and announce they are moving in so that he wont be lonely any more
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
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Grove Press Inc -
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Top of PageGhost Is Here, The
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
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1st Published:
Contained in "Three Plays by Kobo Abe" published Columbia University Press 1997 978-0231082815
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Top of PageGreen Stockings
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
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1st Published:
Contained in "Three Plays by Kobo Abe" published Columbia University Press 1997 978-0231082815
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Top of PageHanjo
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adaptation of Japanese Noh Play by Yukio Mishima translated by Donald Keene, adapted by Diane Esquerra
1st Produced:
National Tour 1995
Organisations:
Sphinx Theatre Company
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adaptation
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Top of PageInvoluntary Homicide
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
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1st Published:
Contained in "Three Plays by Kobo Abe" published Columbia University Press 1997 978-0231082815
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Top of PageLady Aoi, The
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Original Playwright - Yukio Mishima
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in "Haynes, J. (ed.), Traverse Plays" Penguin, London, 1966 -
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Genre:
One act
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageLove Suicides At Amijima, The
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Original Playwright - Chikamatsu Monzaemon
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Major Plays by Chikamatsu" published by Columbia University Press 1997 978--0231111010
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Translation
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Top of PageLove Suicides At Sonesaki
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Original Playwright - Chikamatsu Monzaemon
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Major Plays by Chikamatsu" published by Columbia University Press 1997 978--0231111010
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Translation
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Top of PageMadame De Sade
In Madame De Sade, the life of the notorious Marquis De Sade is examined through the eyes of six women, three real - his wife, her sister and her mother - and three imagined.
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Original Playwright - Yukio Mishima
1st Produced:
- 1965
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1st Published:
Grove Press, B0017500XO
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Translation
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Male: - Female: 6 Other: -
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Top of PageMan Who Turned Into A Stick, The
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Man Who Turned Into a Stick" published by University of Tokyo Press 1975 978-0231082815
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Translation
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Top of PageSotoba Komachi
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Original Playwright - Yukio Mishima. Adapted by Stone Crabs
1st Produced:
Greenwich Playhouse, London 2004
Organisations:
Stone Crabs
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Genre:
Translation
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageSuitcase
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Original Playwright - Kobo Abe
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Man Who Turned Into a Stick" published by University of Tokyo Press 1975 978-0231082815
Music:
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Translation
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Top of PageUprooted Pine
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Original Playwright - Chikamatsu Monzaemon
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Major Plays by Chikamatsu" published by Columbia University Press 1997 978--0231111010
Music:
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Genre:
Translation
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