Event | 
					 Kabuki 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Regent Theatre, Sydney, NSW | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					26 February 1978 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					26 February 1978 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					3 March 1978 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
			
				| Part of a Tour | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					"Dating back more than 400 years, the stories of the Kabuki correspond to a kind of Restoration pantomime. Elaborate legends (often about revenge) are told in a formalised framework of movement, sham battles and spectacle." | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Other | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Kabuki
						
							
						 
						
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					| Organisations | 
					
					
						
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Japan
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Japan
				
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					Five performances. it was definitely Sumidagawa and the star of the tour was Nakamura Utaemon VI as the Madwoman.
Sumidagawa as a Kabuki play was premiered in September 1919 at the Kabukiza.
Yamazaki Shikô (lyrics)
Kiyomoto Umekichi II (music)
Based on the Noh Play  by Kanze Motomasa ( 1394? - August 26, 1432 - Son of Zeami)
Nakamura Utaemon VI was AD of the Kabukiza in the '70s
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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									| Contact / Friend | 
									
									Aubrey Mellor (audience) | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					124483 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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