Category: Elica’s Works
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Lady Gregory of Galway, Ireland
Lady Gregory.Have you ever heard of?If you are an Irish Theatrist, or a Korean theatrist, you may know about her. She is a playwright, producer, and a patron, at the dawn of Irish theatre.She supported various Irish playwrights to make them go famous.She built the first National Theatre in Dublin, for Irish people, when Ireland…
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Elica’s Rehearsal in Progress
Do you know Jean Giraudoux, a French playwright of early 20th Century?I will be in one of his plays called La Guerre de Troie N’aura Pas Lieu: The Trojan War will Never Take Place. The play is known and made into many stage productions in English as Tiger At The Gates, translated by Stephen Fry.…
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I Left No Ring With Her: Viola’s Ring Speech
HAPPY VALENTINE! I have four news today for you. 1. 7th Februrary was Elica’s birthday! Thank you all for the lovely birthday messages for me through SNS. I love you all and you are my treasure!These days I ponder the reason why I live as I am. What can I do as a theatre director-actor?…
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Works 2021
Under COVID-19 restriction, my year 2021 was not so bad, thanks to your support, love and understanding.I did many performances both online and on the spot, both live and recorded.I did many teachings for universities as usual (though many of them online, still better than in 2020).I led many workshops and lessons for actors, singers,…
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TEMPEST the Movie
Hello, friends, globalians, and countrypeople, lend me your ears. Here is something I can offer you the English speakers at last! Are you a some kind of a Shakespeare fan?But sometimes you feel there’s much more to know if you want to fully enjoy the plays? Then, this is what you really enjoy. The Tempest…
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Yes, There is the Vision of the Future of Theatre
From 16th to 19th September 2021, a theatre festival was held in Tokyo. The Japanese Centre for International Theatre Institute (ITIJ) participated in to present “Plays 4 COVID”. ITIJ searched new plays written under the curse of COVID-19, and picked up short plays from USA, China, Germany, and Ireland. I, as the board member of…
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TEMPEST the Movie is Coming!
Hi!I have been working on my new production of The Tempest.Yes, Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It was supposed to be stage last June (2020).But, as the world is facing the pandemic, my stage-production was postponed to last March (2021).Then, as Tokyo situation became unstable and seemingly becoming worse, I decided to film the production, instead of…
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Theatre in Conflict Zones, ITI 2021
I have just been a speaker at one of the series of a seminar called Theatre in Conflict Zones, organized by International Theatre Institute (ITI, UNESCO). We, living in Japan or other comparatively peaceful nations, tend to forget there are many many countries and regions which are struggling in conflicts. And what is happening there…
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British Style Acting
How are you these days?We are still struggling hard to get on with COVID-19. I hope you are well and energetically working for your own good. Zen is useful to keep your mind calm. With the calm zen mind, it is quite a useful period to resume your acting skill. Today, I have a news…
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Everyman
Everyman (in Japanese, MinNa) is an allegorical morality play written by anonymous writer of the 10th Century. I read it when I was an international student at University of Victoria, Canada, in 1986, and very much impressed. At that time, I had no idea whatsoever that I was to be a theatre director. But in…