Download or read book Half a Century of Japanese Theater written by Japan Playwrights Association and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of translated Japanese plays that begins in the 1990s and moves back to the mid-20th century. The aim of the Japan Playwrights Association is to offer performable English translations of modern Japanese plays, to encourage the production of such plays out of Japan, and to extend possibilities for further international exchange.