Rashomon (Acting Edition)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Drama Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin Characters: 6 male, 3 female Exterior SetThe famous stories of Akutagawa were adapted for Broadway for Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Akim Tamiroff and Oscar Homolka. The wife of a Samurai officer is assaulted and her husband killed by a roving bandit. Contradictory versions of what happened are reenacted at the trial by the bandit, the wife and the dead husband who speaks through a sorceress. Each version is true in its fashion. "Delicate and dynamic, sensitive and savage, packed with color, suspense and seamy wit. A triumph of stagecraft." N.Y...
ISBN(s)
0573614652, 9780573614651
