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Book SynopsisSatoko Ichihara was born in Osaka in 1988 and grew up in Fukuoka Prefecture. She studied theatre at J. F. Oberlin University. Since 2011, she has led the theatre unit Q. Ichihara is known for creating and directing dramas that deal with human actions and the di scomfort of the physiological needs of the body, as well as for her distinctive use of language and physicality. Ichihara was a Junior Fellow Artist of the Saison Foundation. She won the 11th AAF Drama Award for her play Mushi Insects in 2011, and the 64th Kunio Kishida Drama Award in 2020 for her play The Bacchae Holstein 3 Milk Cows.
Shiro Maeda is a Playwright, Director, Novelist, Film director, Screenwriter and Actor. Maeda founded the theatre company GOTANNDADAN in 1997 while he was a university student. He won the 52nd Kishida Drama Award for Isn't Anyone Alive? (2007). As a novelist, he won the 22nd Mishima Yukio Prize for The Mermen of Summer Water (2009) and was nominated for the 137th Aku
Table of Contents
Introduction Japanese Theatre by Playwrights of Generation X and on The Bacchae—Holstein Milk Cows Introduction to the Playwright and the Play Playwright Biography Playtext One Night Introduction to the Playwright and the Play Playwright Biography Playtext Isn’t Anyone Alive? Introduction to the Playwright and the Play Playwright Biography Playtext The Sun Introduction to the Playwright and the Play Playwright Biography Playtext Carcass Introduction to the Playwright and the Play Playwright Biography Playtext
