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THE TRAINING OF NOHACTORS AND THE DOVE Mask: ARelease of Acting Resources Aseries of books written and illustrated by David Griffiths Volume 1 Acting through Mask Written and illustrated by David Griffiths Volume 2 The Training of Noh Actors and The Dove Written and illustrated by David Griffiths Volume 3 The Italian Commedia and Please Be Gentle Written and illustrated by David Griffiths Volume 4 The Masquerades of Nigeria and Touch Written and illustrated by David Griffiths This book is part of aseries. The publisher will accept continuation orders which may be cancelled at any time and whieha utomatief or automatie billing and shipping of each title in the series upon publication. Please write for details. THE TRAINING OF NOHACTORS AND THE DOVE Written and illustrated by David Griffiths First published 1998 by Routledge Published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OXI4 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint ofthe Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 1998 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) Amsterdam BV. Published under license under the Harwood Academic Publishers imprint, part of Routledge. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any informa tion storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Griffiths, David The training of noh actors; and, The dove. - (Mask: arelease of acting resources; v. 2) 1. No 2. Acting 3. Masques 4. English drama - 20th century I. Title 11. The dove 792'.028 ISBN 978-3-718-65716-2 (pbk) Applications for permission to perform The Dove should be addressed to David Griffiths, Quaker Cottage, Quakers Lane, Rawdon, Leeds, LS19 6HU, England. Cover illustrations by David Griffiths. I dedicate this book to 1ny late parents Jack and Doris, who initiated and inspired the opportunity, and to Vicky who supported me unselfishly throughout the per iod of research and writing, and shared the joy of its completion. Thispageintentionallyleftblank CONTENTS Introduction to the Series ix Acknowledgelnen ts Xl List of Illustrations xiii Introd uction 1 Chapter 1 ABrief History of N oh 3 Kan'ami and Zeami to the Present Day 3 The Origins of the Noh Stage 5 The Noh Stage and its Occupants 8 The Constituent Parts of a Noh Play 13 The Kyogen 16 The Noh Mask: Design and Use 19 Costume 19 Chapter 2 The Training of the N oh Actor 31 Chapter 3 An Evaluation of the Treatises of Zeami 49 Introductory notes to rhe Dove 59 rhe Dove 61 Index 81 vii Thispageintentionallyleftblank INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES Mask: ARelease of Acting Resources is a fully illustrated four-volume series, which ex amines the effect of mask in performance. This series reflects my practical work and draws upon my research into the secret world of the Noh of Japan and the Masquerade of Nigeria the l comic style of the Commedia Dell' Arte and the training of actors through mask in Britain. The series also includes my three written masked plays called The Dove, Please Gentle and Touch, which transform and test the results of my experiments into theatrical practicality. Da vid Griffiths ix
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