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Kyogen is generally performed on a Noh stage, as the stage is an important part of the play (the space, the reaction to stamps, the ease of sliding, etc.). It can, however, be performed in any space (particularly by amateur or younger performers), though if possible a Noh-like floor will be installed.
Noh theatre was generally performed for the elite aristocratic class, but there were occasions where Noh was also performed for common audiences. Noh and kyōgen plays were performed together in series of nine, alternating between the two styles, with short kyōgen plays acting as interludes between the lengthy Noh.
Kyogen performance Kyōgen A form of traditional comic theater that developed as an intermission and comic relief between Noh plays. Features mime, slapstick, and dialogue in a relatively colloquial Japanese language. Kyogen masks Kyogen mask Masks used in Kyogen theater (狂言面, kyogen-men), worn less frequently than in Noh. Primary types ...
Ukai (The Cormorant-Fisher) is a Noh play of around 1400, attributed to Enami no Sayemon. Because of the lowly occupation of the leading character, Ukai is known as one of the Three Ignoble Plays. [ 1 ]
The troupe centers its production efforts on creating works of world theater influenced by the classical Japanese dramatic forms of Noh and Kyogen. Theatre of Yugen's experimental ensemble features artists from North America, Europe, and Asia who have been trained in traditional Japanese Noh and Kyogen forms. Current ensemble members include ...
Bertolt Brecht – According to Maria P. Alter, Brecht began reading Japanese plays during the middle twenties and have read at least 20 Noh plays translated into German by 1929. Brecht's Der Jasager is an adaptation of a Noh play Taniko. Brecht himself identified Die Massnahme as an adaptation of Noh play. [31]
Atsumori (敦盛, Atsumori) is a Japanese Noh play by Zeami Motokiyo which focuses on Taira no Atsumori, a young samurai who was killed in the Genpei War, and his killer, Kumagai Naozane. Atsumori's death is portrayed tragically in the Heike monogatari ( Tale of the Heike ), from which this and many other works stem.
This is a complete [1] list of extant pre-modern Noh plays, their supposed authors, and categorisations. A short English translation of the title is given where one exists. A list of those plays which have a separate article on Wikipedia can be found here. Some plays are given different names by different schools.