Noda Manabu    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Arts and Letters    Position   Professor
Date	2010/04/24
Presentation Theme	The Question of Cultural Authenticity: Japanese Theatrical Traditions and Shakespeare Performances
Conference	Shakespeare Theatre Studies: Great Hamlet Performances (April 24-25, 2010)
Promoters	7th International Shakespeare Festival Craiova in cooperation with the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC)
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Dolj County Conference Hall, Craiova, Romania
Details	The paper puts into historical perspective the way modernization of Japanese theatre after 1867 has called into question the authenticity of its traditions. Some repercussions in the 21st centurty are then explored by discussing two Japanese Shakespeare productions of Hamlet (2007 and 2010) , both directed by Yoshihiro Kurita.