stage manager

Japanese: stage manager(英語表記)stagemanager
stage manager

…Originally, in Europe and the United States, it was a profession attached to theaters. In modern Japan, the distinction between a stage director, who is directly involved in theatrical performances, and a stage manager, who is mainly involved in practical aspects, is unclear, and from the end of the Meiji period to the Taisho period, directors were sometimes called stage managers. Then, after the Tsukiji Little Theater at the end of the Taisho period, the professions of director and stage manager were clearly distinguished, and Tsukiji Little Theater even produced specialists such as Mizushina Haruki. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "stage manager" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…元来,欧米では劇場付の職能であった。近代日本では直接的に舞台表現に関与する〈ステージ・ディレクター(演出家)stage director〉と主として実務面に関与する〈ステージ・マネージャーstage manager〉の区別があいまいで,明治末期から大正期にかけて演出家を舞台監督と称したこともあった。そして大正末期の築地小劇場以降,演出家と舞台監督との職能が明確に区別され,築地小劇場からは水品春樹(みずしなはるき)のような専門家も生まれている。…

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