|
|
SHU MATSUI (1972 - ) |
|
Nationality: Japanese Email: n/a Website: n/a |
|
|
Literary Agent: n/a |
Shu Matsui has made a name as one of the leading young playwrights in Japan today by winning the 55th Kishida Drama Award (2010). His Kishida Award-winning play Jiman no Musuko explores the realities of living a passive life through plots evolving around a reclusive middle-aged son who lives in a small apartment where he is "building his own nation" and his mother who comes in search of him. After a period performing as an actor with Oriza Hirata's theater company Seinendan, known for its contemporary colloquial drama style, Matsui started his own company Sample in 2007. The next year's Kazoku no Shozo (Family Portrait), which can be seen as a prequel for Jiman no Musuko, drew attention for the way it portrays seemingly unrelated "samples" of the daily lives of a reclusive son and his mother, a part-timer, a convenience store manager and other self-injurious characters representative of the twisted side of contemporary Japanese life so realistically.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Shu Matsui
Proud Son | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Northern University | Apr 2013 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #177252 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Shu Matsui. Translated with Kyoko Yoshida | |||||
Synopsis: | A reclusive man decides to hide away from the World. He creates an imaginary country in his apartment populated with action figures and stuffed toys | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Proud Son | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Northern University | Apr 2013 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #177253 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Shu Matsui. Translated with Andy Bragen | |||||
Synopsis: | A reclusive man decides to hide away from the World. He creates an imaginary country in his apartment populated with action figures and stuffed toys | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
