Play recounting A-bomb effects on children to have English interpretation
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TOKYO —
The Setagaya Public Theater will stage a play that recounts the records and actual journals and chronicles of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how it affected the children.
The play is titled “Konoko-tachi no Natsu” (These Children’s Summer) and is compiled & directed by Koichi Kimura. The play is staged every summer (around early to mid-August when the actual bombings occurred) and is read by six well-known actresses (Kazuko Kato, Hiro Komura, Norie Takahashi, Yoshiko Tokoshima, Mizuki Nishiyama and Hideko Hara). It premiered in 1985 and has toured over 393 cities throughout Japan for 772 performances so far.
This year, for the first time ever, they have decided to have English simultaneous translation on Saturday Aug 18 for the 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. performances.
Sayuri Suzuki, who interprets for many movie stars when they visit Japan, translated the play into English over 20 years ago, and is now working on it for the reading. She and two other interpreters will be reading the English translation in time to the actresses on stage. Foreign members of the audience can listen to the translation through earphones. “It is quite heart-wrenching and sad but at the same time, deeply moving and a significant message for peace that I think we all need to hear,” Suzuki says.
For information on tickets and reservations, visit http://setagaya-pt.jp/theater_info/2012/08/_1945_1.html#
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peggydavis
I would like to read that play.
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Sylvester Haynes
i would like to see this play played in America
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Frank Vaughn
> i would like to see this play played in America
This American agrees with both of you. I do not understand who is so ignorant as to give you each a negative vote, which I erased with my positive one. But to try and stay on topic, I think it is important to understand the other person's views and experiences in such profound historical event such as this one.
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Ben Jack
It is an important part of history. There is absolutely nothing wrong with learning more about it.
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