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World Theatre Essay Plan Subject Of Investigation For this investigation I plan on looking into kabuki theatre, but more specifically the staging and how it is set up for a multitude of stage devices as appose to its counter-part Noh Theatre. To do this I’ll start off by talking briefly about how kabuki came about from the Edo era (1603-1868) and how it developed from the traditional style of Noh theatre. Following on from that I’ll eagerly see if that kabuki staging was designed by females as well as creating the first forms of the style. From this I shall then talk about my main focus, the stage sets or the “O-dogu” as it is known, as well as the performances of the period, this will include what they demanded in terms of special effects i.e. trap doors and backdrops etc. Examples of where such devices are incorporated will be play’s I look into such as Masakado and also Benten Kozo. Furthermore I plan to look at what impact these special effects had if any on the Peasants, artisans and merchants as an audience of that period. Methods Of Investigation To go into more detail of how I will go about my investigation I have taken a variety of books surrounding kabuki/Japanese theatre. One such book is called Kabuki backstage, onstage An actor’s life, which has been written by Matazo Nakamura who describes how kabuki first established itself. “It is said that kabuki began in the early Edo period (1603-1868) when a woman named Izumo Okuni began to dance something called Okuni kabuki in the ancient capital of kyroto.” Further reading includes the description of the layout of the stage of which on page 77 he explains about the differences of western upstage and downstage to the eastern stage and as to the reasons for the difference. Another useful book is, Kabuki a pocket guide by Ronald Cavaye who describes a simple overview of the various elements of kabuki theatre, including “the kabuki playhouse has undergone five major developments” reading on from this helps my comparison argument to Noh theatre through such similarities as they both use a walkway called Hanamichi. Another similarity is that families of actors are kept through generations and they make their presence known to the audience by such things as family crests which are called “mon” usually found on costumes and props. Again from such explanations as these I can explore how an audience then perceives these subtle indications of set and props. Focusing on certain play’s which have grand staging is also helpful by following on from examples such as the kabuki a pocket guide, in which play’s like Masakado are noted for their staging. Then books that look at the performance in greater detail like, Master pieces of Kabuki, eighteen plays on stage by James r. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. I’ll be able to look at the uses of stage assistants and how their job role fits in upon the stage for example in the piece Masakado “Meanwhile, her stage assistants are pulling the threads from the shoulders of her kimono, allow the garment to fall open.” And so with these elements and other sources I hopefully will have a more defined answer to how kabuki staging works through all its various aspects. By David Weeks Bibliography (Master pieces of Kabuki, eighteen plays on stage by J R. Brandon and S L. Leiter) 2004, university of Hawai’i press, p214-223 (Kabuki backstage, onstage An actor’s life by M. Nakamura) 1990, Kodansha International Tokyo and New York, p21-36/ 72-73/ 76-77 (Kabuki a pocket guide by R Cavaye) 1993 Charles E. Tuttle Publishing p22-27/ 89-95/ 104130 (The Kabuki theatre by E. 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(The Japanese Theatre From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism by B. Ortolani) 1995, Princeton University Press, p165- 168- 175 (K. Mende) 2002, ‘Concerning the Japanese Kabuki Stage’ Journal for Geometry and Graphics (Volume 6 No.2) July 28, p183–190. http://www.heldermannverlag.de/jgg/jgg06/jgg0615.pdf http://www.kabuki21.com/ http://www.glopad.org/jparc/?q=en/scenery/kanai_history By David Weeks http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/kabuki/en/3/3_01.html http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2090.html http://www.lit-arts.net/Behn/theater.htm https://www.mhi-global.com/discover/graph/pdf/157_03.pdf By David Weeks