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Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays (review)

Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays (review) B ook R evi e ws 357 fore a big step forward. There are balanced analyses in many places, which I found enlightening and innovative. Overall, this work is a real contribution to PRC theatre scholarship. It will be impossible for Western scholars of jingju or any other form of tradi- tional theatre in China to ignore it. This is because of its immensely detailed information, its analysis, and the fact that it has brought together such rich- ness on contemporary theatre history in one place. I recommend it strongly. Co lin M ack er ra s GrifÞth University, Australia C H I K A M ATSU: F I V E L A T E P L A Y S . Translated and edited by C. Andrew Gerstle. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. xv + 534 pp. Hardcover $39.50 In Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays, Andrew Gerstle has added to his impressive work on the plays of Chikamatsu and their musical structure while also signiÞcantly expanding access to ChikamatsuÕs work in English. Gerstle offers translations of Þve important late plays by the master: his last shinjŸmono (double- suicide contemporary plays) and four late jidaimono (period plays), including the last http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays (review)

Saltzman-Li, Katherine
Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 19 (2) – Sep 1, 2002
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B ook R evi e ws 357 fore a big step forward. There are balanced analyses in many places, which I found enlightening and innovative. Overall, this work is a real contribution to PRC theatre scholarship. It will be impossible for Western scholars of jingju or any other form of tradi- tional theatre in China to ignore it. This is because of its immensely detailed information, its analysis, and the fact that it has brought together such rich- ness on contemporary theatre history in one place. I recommend it strongly. Co lin M ack er ra s GrifÞth University, Australia C H I K A M ATSU: F I V E L A T E P L A Y S . Translated and edited by C. Andrew Gerstle. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. xv + 534 pp. Hardcover $39.50 In Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays, Andrew Gerstle has added to his impressive work on the plays of Chikamatsu and their musical structure while also signiÞcantly expanding access to ChikamatsuÕs work in English. Gerstle offers translations of Þve important late plays by the master: his last shinjŸmono (double- suicide contemporary plays) and four late jidaimono (period plays), including the last

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Asian Theatre Journal – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Sep 1, 2002

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