April 2018 Academic & Specialist Berkeley Books

Five Modern Noh Plays Yukio Mishima, translated by Donald Keene

Five Modern Noh Plays
Yukio Mishima, translated by Donald Keene


Paperback | Apr 2018 | Tuttle Publishing | 9780804813808 | 224pp | 203x130mm | RFB | AUD$22.99

 

As long ago as 1916 William Butler Yeats and Ezra Pound were excitedly discovering Noh plays. In 1922 Aurthur Waley's fine translations appeared in a collection titled The Noh Plays of Japan. Since then, interest has grown steadily in this unique art form. 

The emotion of these plays is so communicable that one can imagine them staged anywhere in the world. Or they can be read and reread in Donald Keene's excellent translation.