Workplace Theatre

Japanese: 職場演劇 - しょくばえんげき

This refers to independent circle theatrical activities organized in workplaces such as companies, factories, and government offices. This type of theatrical activity can be found in countries all over the world, and was particularly popular in Germany after World War I, but we will leave those to the entries on "proletarian theater" and "amateur theater" and instead focus here on the establishment and development of workplace theater in Japan. Independent theater circles were already formed within the Japanese labor movement during the Taisho period, and Hirasawa Keishichi and others wrote plays, but it wasn't until the development of the proletarian theater movement at the beginning of the Showa period that it became popular.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

会社，工場，官庁等の職場で組織された自主的なサークル演劇活動をいう。このような演劇活動はいうまでもなく世界各国に見られ，とくに第1次世界大戦後のドイツで盛んであったが，それらについては〈プロレタリア演劇〉〈アマチュア演劇〉などの項にゆずることとし，ここでは日本における職場演劇の成立，展開について述べることにする。　日本の労働運動のなかでは，すでに大正期に自主的な演劇サークルが誕生し，平沢計七らの戯曲創作もあったが，盛んになったのは昭和初めのプロレタリア演劇運動の進展においてであった。

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