Mr i, a Japanese man of letter: nslation of Shakespeare's Japanese stage, but though it has been re-"Juli some years ago for the postedly performed in Tokio and elsewhere before audiences wh were only too anxious to exch the spirit of the great English dramatist, such audiences have in the great majority Of eases been almost toa man in the dark as to the meaning of the play, at the close of the curtain.
"Mr. Shima, Librarian of the Kioto Univer. sity, lias now translated "King Lear," using considerable latitude in order to adapt the play to Japanese taste and it is reporter in the. "Japan Times that a posi troupe will perform this play classi Ki to. Te must be borne in mind that the soshi actors are the revolutionary neters who want ts reform the classic stage, to introduce Western theatrical innova tons who Miss Sado Yaceo and her troupe who excited so much interest at the Paris Exposition last y them im the same bree iurw. Tokio theatre-goers were greatly the empressement with which n threw thems-ives on feet of Mr. Kuwakarai hav since envertaine a v-ry poor 9; inion of theatrical taste in the West.
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