Zeami and the Nô Theatre in the World

Table of Contents

Introduction

Benito Ortolani and Samuel L. Leiter
Introduction

Part I
Zeami's Theories and Aesthetics

Matsuda Tamotsu
Zeami's Ephemeral Flower: An Introductory Note

Daniel Gerould
Zeami the Theorist in the Context of World Theatre

Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei
Zeami and the Aesthetics of Contemporary Japanese Performance

Stanca Scholz-Cionca
Outcast Imagery in Zeami's Plays

Part II
Zeami and Drama

Taira Tatsuhiko
Ghosts of Shakespeare and Nô Plays

Ôtomo Taishi
Zeami and Zen

Yoshimura Hitoshi
The Function of Dreams in Nô Plays

Part III
Zeami and Acting

Shelly Fenno Quinn
Fierce Moons, Gentle Demons: Zeami's Body Poétique

Frank Hoff
Kanze Hisao (1925-1978): Making Nô into Contemporary Theatre

James R. Brandon
Zeami on Acting: Values for the Western Actor

Kathryn Wylie-Marques
Zeami Motokiyo and Etienne Decroux: Twin Reformers of the Art of Mime

Part IV
Zeami and the World

Saitô Yûichi
Overseas Performances of Classical Nô Plays

Benito Ortolani
Zeami and the Nô: Notes on an International Bibliography

Part V
Zeami Discussed

Samuel L. Leiter
Zeami Symposium Roundtable #1

Samuel L. Leiter
Zeami Symposium Roundtable #2