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DESCRIPTION:TRADITIONAL THEATER\n&lt;strong&gt;Program A: Sat.\, Nov. 19\, 7:30 P
 M&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(Followed by a&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Metlife Meet-the-Artists&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em
 &gt;Reception&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;strong&gt;\nProgram B: Sun.\, Nov. 20\, 5 PM&lt;/strong&gt;\nIn th
 e early 20th century\, poet W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) became highly immersed
  in the traditional Japanese noh plays translated by American poet Ezra Po
 und (1885-1972)\, resulting in a landmark publication of 15 English-langua
 ge noh plays in 1916. One hundred years later\, the distinguished&amp;nbsp\;&lt;s
 trong&gt;Kita Noh Theater Company&lt;/strong&gt;\, led by Living National Treasure&lt;
 strong&gt;Tomoeda Akiyo&lt;/strong&gt;\, selects titles from this collection and sh
 owcases them for New York audiences.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;https://tic
 kets.japansociety.org/events/program%20a-%20kita%20noh%20theater%20company
 /2016-11-19_19.30/auditorium&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PROGRAM A:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nHigh
 lights from various plays in W. B. Yeats&#x27; noh collection (&lt;em&gt;Nishikigi\,&amp;
 nbsp\;Kumasaka\, Tamura\, Shojo\, Kagekiyo&lt;/em&gt;) performed in styles inclu
 ding&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;maibayashi&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(noh play excerpt performed with a ma
 sk and costume)\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;shimai&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(non-masked performance by a
 n actor with chanters) and&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;subayashi&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(noh music). Thi
 s event includes a talk on noh&#x27;s influence on Yeats and his artist contemp
 oraries by&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Anthony Sheppard&lt;/strong&gt;\, Professor of Music at
 &amp;nbsp\;Williams College\, and a discussion with Living National Treasure&amp;n
 bsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Tomoeda Akiyo&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;In Japanese with English ti
 tles.&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;PROGRAM B (SOLD&amp;nbsp\;OUT):&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;\nFull vers
 ions of two noh plays from W. B. Yeats&#x27; collection are presented\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;
 em&gt;Kayoi Komachi&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Shojo-midare.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;In 
 Japanese with English titles.&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Performance Lecture (Sun.\
 , Nov. 20\, 4&amp;nbsp\;PM)&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp\;One hour prior to curtain\, noh sc
 holar Dr. Tom Hare\, Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton Univ
 ersity\, will offer a pre-performance lecture on noh\, its history and uni
 que stylization.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Open and free for all Program B performance tic
 ket holders.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;SOLD&amp;nbsp\;OUT:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;Please ca
 ll the Box Office on November 1 to inqire about any tickets that may becom
 e available.&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;https://tickets.japansociety.org/ev
 ents/program%20a-%20kita%20noh%20theater%20company/2016-11-19_19.30/audito
 rium&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buy Tickets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: $40/$30 Japan Society&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a hre
 f=&quot;http://www.japansociety.org/page/support/individual&quot;&gt;members&lt;/a&gt;
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SUMMARY:Treasured Noh Plays from the Desk of W. B. Yeats
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