Kabuki

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Event Kabuki
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
Secondary Genre Kabuki
Organisations
Text Nationality Japan
Production Nationality Japan
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
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Brochure
Contact / Friend Aubrey Mellor (audience)
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 124483