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THE PETITION
The Pit |
| <STAFF> |
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| Written by |
: Brian Clark |
| Translated by |
: Yoshihara Toyoji |
| Directed by |
: Kimura Koichi |
| Set Designer |
: Ishii |
| Lighting Designer |
: Sawada Yuji |
| Sound Designer |
: Saito Misao |
| Costume Designer |
: Ueda Itsuko |
| Hairstyling and Make-up |
: Hayashi Yuko |
| Assistant Director |
: Yamashita Satoru |
| Stage Manager |
: Mikami Tsukasa |
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| Artistic Director |
: Kuriyama Tamiya |
| Presented by |
: New National Theatre, Tokyo |
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| <CAST> |
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| Kusabue Mitsuko |
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Suzuki Mizuho |
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| <PERFORMANCES> |
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June-July
2004 |
Tue.
6/22 |
Wed.
23 |
Thu.
24 |
Fri.
25 |
Sat.
26 |
Sun.
27 |
Mon.
28 |
| matinée |
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1:00pm |
1:00pm |
No
Performance |
| evening |
7:00pm |
7:00pm |
7:00pm |
7:00pm |
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June-July
2004 |
Tue.
29 |
Wed.
30 |
Thu.
7/1 |
Fri.
2 |
Sat.
3 |
Sun.
4 |
Mon.
5 |
| matinée |
2:00pm |
2:00pm |
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1:00pm |
1:00pm |
No
Performance |
| evening |
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7:00pm |
7:00pm |
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June-July.
2004 |
Tue.
6 |
Wed.
7 |
Thu.
8 |
| matinée |
2:00pm |
2:00pm |
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| evening |
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7:00pm |
Doors will open 45 minutes before the start of each performance. |
| <ADVANCE TICKETS> |
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Available from Saturday 8 May, 2004 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese
only)
http://t.pia.co.jp/
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/ |
| <TICKET PRICES> |
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| Type |
Seat A |
Seat B |
| Price |
¥5,250 |
¥3,150 |
Seat Z(¥1,500) is sold only on the performance day at the Box Office
and exclusive Ticket Pia Offices. |
 To
complete the series “Scenes of Women and Men” with a
bang, the New National Theatre, Tokyo will stage an excellent work
written by British playwright Brian Clark. Its premiere was held
in the United States in 1986, featuring the distinguished actress
Jessica Tandy as the lead actress. In the same year, the National
Theatre of Great Britain showed a performance of the play to great
acclaim. Based on the author’s appeal that use of nuclear
weapons is a deadly crime against humanity and that we all have
a duty to make sure no nuclear weapon is ever used again, a conflict
between a husband witnessing his wife head towards death, and this
same wife, facing death with all dignity, reveals in a turbulent
way all the mysteries of the relationship between husband and wife.
Within this turbulence the subtleties of the two shine through,
with director Kimura Koichi arranging these subtleties for the best
expression possible. The energetic and ever-so-human couple will
be played by Suzuki Mizuho and Kusabue Mitsuko respectively. The
two will act out the very essence of what life and death mean. People
often say this is an age that lacks communication. Yet the wife
and the husband, close to the end of their lives, have one heated
discussion after another, facing each other head-on. This is a play
of witty conversation that could only come from the mouths of two
people greeting their golden years with vigor.
Synopsis
The scene is a classy residential area next to the Hyde Park, London.
Sir Edmund Milne, a retired general of the British Army, and his poorly
wife, Lady Elizabeth Milne, are whiling away somewhat boring, yet
peaceful days. Then one day, Sir Edmund is shocked to find out that
his wife, after more than fifty years of marriage, has signed a newspaper
petition to oppose preemptive nuclear strikes. As a retired military
serviceman, he is convinced that his duty is to support his nation’s
position and thus reprimands what his wife for her actions. Yet Lady
Elizabeth counter-argues, saying she has acted out of a solid conviction.
The two enter a severe confrontation, and as one discussion leads
to another, one secret after another is revealed – the short
life remaining for Lady Elizabeth, her past infidelity, … |
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