The Decline and Fall of Suzaku

  • 2011/2012 Season
  • Performed in Japanese
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    September - October, 2011

The 2011/2012 season marks the second year with a new artistic director at the helm of the NNTT Drama Division. This season, we will present Japanese modern classics interspersed with new works. The opening production will be The Decline and Fall of Suzaku. This late-period work by Mishima Yukio depicts the decline of a noble family in the waning days of World War II, in a play based on Herakles by Euripides. It is a story of magnificent decline, that of a man whose loyalty to the nation and the emperor blinds him to reality, and a woman firmly rooted in the real world. The tale is wrought in the elegant style characteristic of Mishima.

The Decline and Fall of Suzaku was first performed by Gekidan NLT in 1967, with Matsuura Takeo directing a cast which included Nakamura Nobuo and Minami Yoshie. After Mishima Yukio's death, it was produced by the Roman Theatre Company with the same cast in 1971. The play was then not performed for many years, until in 1987 it was performed at the Saison Theatre, directed by Deguchi Norio with Sugiura Naoki and Kato Haruko in the lead roles. More recently in 2007, Miyata Keiko directed a production featuring Nakayama Jin and Sakuma Yoshiko.

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