Modern Drama Association

Japanese: 近代劇協会 - きんだいげききょうかい

Name of the theater company. Founded by the husband and wife duo Kamiyama Sojin and Yamakawa Urajiro, along with Iba Takashi and others. The company was launched in 1912 with Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, and the following year had its Japanese premiere of Goethe's Faust at the Imperial Theater. However, the company's repertoire and acting gradually became more Shinpa-oriented, and due to internal conflicts within the company, it disbanded after its final production of King Lear in 1919. The couple then moved to the United States, and Kusato entered Hollywood, where he became the second Japanese movie star after Hayakawa Sessue.

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Japanese:

劇団名。上山草人・山川浦路夫妻が伊庭孝らと創立した。 1912年イプセンの『ヘッダ・ガーブラー』で旗揚げ，翌年ゲーテの『ファウスト』を帝国劇場で本邦初演。しかし，次第にレパートリーや演技が新派寄りになったことと劇団の内紛が原因で，19年の『リア王』を最後に解散。その後夫妻は渡米，草人はハリウッド入りして早川雪洲に次ぐ日本人2人目の映画スターとして活躍した。

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