Casino Foley

Japanese: カジノフォーリー

This light theater troupe was founded in 1929 at the Aquarium Entertainment Hall in Asakusa, Tokyo, after the era of the Asakusa Opera had ended. Its actors included Kenichi Enomoto (Enoken), Morie Ishida, Zeko Nakamura, and Ryuko Umezono (a dancer), and its literary club included Ryuzo Shimamura and Hisao Yamada. They performed skits that combined song, dance, and comedy to satirize current affairs, and gained popularity by performing at the "erotic, grotesque, nonsense era." In the following year, 1930, Enoken left the troupe to form the New Casino Folies, and in 1933, Morie Ishida and the others' Casino Folies disbanded.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

浅草オペラの時代が去ったあと1929年，東京浅草の水族館余興場で発足した軽演劇団。俳優には榎本健一(エノケン)，石田守衛（もりえ），中村是好（ぜこう）に梅園竜子(踊り子)ら，文芸部に島村竜三，山田寿夫らが参加し，歌と踊りにギャグをまじえた時局風刺の寸劇を上演，〈エロ･グロ･ナンセンス時代〉の時好に投じて人気を集めた。翌30年エノケンは脱退して新カジノフォーリーを結成，石田守衛らのカジノフォーリーは33年解散した。

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