Pike Theatre

Japanese: Pike Theatre(英語表記)PikeTheatre
Pike Theatre

… The Gate Theatre, built in 1928 by Michael McLiamor and others, has staged classics from outside Ireland, past and present, as well as Denis Johnston, a playwright who used expressionist dramaturgy in plays such as The Old Lady Says No (premiered in 1929) and Moon on the Yellow River (premiered in 1931). The Pike Theatre, which opened in the 1950s, made a name for itself by presenting the Irish premiere of Beckett's Waiting for Godot in the same year (1955) as the London premiere, under the direction of the up-and-coming director Alan Simpson. Brendan Behan's The Condemned (premiered in 1954) and The Hostage, which the same author first wrote in Gaelic in 1958 and later rewrote into English, and became internationally famous, also premiered here. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in "Pike Theatre" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 1928年,マイケル・マクリアモアらによって建てられたゲート座Gate Theatreでは,アイルランド以外の古今の名作の上演が行われたほか,表現主義的な作劇術を駆使した《老婦人は否と言う》(1929初演)や《黄河の月》(1931初演)などの作者ジョンストンDenis Johnstonが活躍した。50年代にできたパイク座Pike Theatreは,気鋭の演出家アラン・シンプソンのもと,ベケットの《ゴドーを待ちながら》のアイルランド初演をロンドン初演と同年(1955)に行って気を吐いた。ブレンダン・ビーハンBrendan Behanの《死刑囚》(1954初演),同じ作者がまず58年にゲーリック語で書き後に英語に書き改めて国際的に有名になった《人質》もこの劇場で初演された。…

※「Pike Theatre」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  pii

>>:  Pilapil, M. (English spelling) PilapilM

Recommend

Karakul Ram - Karakul Ram

…The characteristics vary depending on the place ...

Basire, J.

…He was born as the second son of a London clothi...

Tadashi Sekino

Architect and architectural historian. Born in Ta...

Slapped cheek disease

…It is a rash disease commonly known as “fifth di...

Distance index

The difference between the apparent magnitude and ...

Paris - Paris (English spelling)

A hero who appears in the Greek mythology of Troy...

Vendor - Monouri

A person who sells goods on the street. In the ear...

Handyman - Benriya

A service provider that runs errands for customers...

Hokke-do

1. The Lotus Sutra Absorption Zammai The hall whe...

mimosa

…Most species are evergreen, large to small trees...

Archaic smile

A smile-like expression seen on the mouth of Greek...

Pecan - Pecan (English spelling)

A deciduous tall tree of the genus Caria in the J...

verbena

…It is widely distributed in Asia, Europe, and no...

Bunkyo Hifuron - Bunkyo Hifuron

A book on poetics written by Kukai. It was comple...

Tejima Seiichi

Year of death: January 23, 1918 Year of birth: Nov...