FESTIVAL/TOKYO

What happens when elements from Japanese Noh Theatre and Korean shamanism are added to Shakespeare's "Othello"? A pioneer in the world of contemporary Korean theatre, LEE Youn-Taek, employs both Japanese and Korean actors (Micari, Kazunori Abe, Koichi Ohtaka, KIM Mi-Sook and LEE Seung-Heon) in his version of Sukehiro Hirakawa's Noh libretto "Othello in Noh Style". The music is played by Za Ondekoza, Won Il, and Kuniko Kato.

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