Playbill from Okuma Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 1954.

[Tokyo] : Okuma Memorial Hall, [1954]

1 sheet : illustrations ; 108 x 38 cm (26 x 21 cm as housed)

Playbill from the Okuma Memorial Hall for November 12-14, 1954. Advertises a production of Shōyō Tsobouchi's translation of Shakespeare's Comedy of errors, performed by the theater company Kindai Gekijo under the direction of Chōji Kato. (Kindai Gekijo had previously performed Tsobouchi's translation of Comedy of errors at Okuma Hall in 1951 (cf. Milward in Comedy of errors: critical essays).)

Text in Japanese, with play title also in English.

Title devised by cataloger.
Printed in brown and green.

Tokyo (Japan), event place.

Japan -- Tokyo, -- publication place.

BILL Box Z5 T7oh 1954 item 1

Two small punctures at top. Japanese text in black ink on verso. Translation by Ichiro Nishizaki in blue ink: The play will begin at 3:00 and at 6:00.

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BILL Box Z5 T7oh 1954 item 2

Two small punctures at top. Annotation by Ichiro Nishizaki in blue ink: Ad. of the presentation of "The comedy of errors" given at the Okuma Memorial Hall, Waseda University, Nov. 12-14 (twice a day beginning at 3:00 and 6:00 pm by the Modern Theatre.

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BILL Box Z5 T7oh 1954 item 3

Two small punctures at top. Extensive Japanese text in black ink on verso. Translation by Ichiro Nishizaki in blue ink: On the other side, it says: - (in black ink) After the play is finished tonight, the Japan Television Broadcast Co. is going to broadcast our play. If you like, please stay and look at it, remaining in your seat as you like it, or if you want to go home, will you please leave the hall quietly.

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