The Japanese theatre art differs so widely from anything to be seen in Western countries that it might as well belong to the people of Mars or Saturn… - Zoë Kincaid
" "The Japanese theatre art differs so widely from anything to be seen in Western countries that it might as well belong to the people of Mars or Saturn, so far removed is it from the ordinary affairs of life as known and experienced in the West. But just because the Eastern hemisphere has founded its theatres on opposite principles from those of Europe, there is all the more reason why this uncharted field of human endeavour should become familiar to our unaccustomed ears and eyes.
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About Zoë Kincaid
Zoe Kincaid Penlington (2 March 1878 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian-born journalist and drama critic based in Tokyo from 1908 to 1941. She was the author of Kabuki: The Popular Stage in Japan (1925), the first English-language study of kabuki.
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