Kabuki Handbook: A Guide to Understanding and Appreciation

"The Halfords' book is an achievement. For the first time ever, any Westerner who reads English can obtain a real insight into the plots and stories, the texts and characteristics of Kabuki dramas, and in terms which a Western-trained mind can readily understand. For this the entire Kabuki world must be grateful." — From the Foreword by Faubion Bowers, author of Japanese Theatre and Theatre in the East

Kabuki has been described as "in the main, the finest theatre art in the world," and its ...