Manabu Noda* 1. Hyōbanki reviews of the Edo Period The earliest example of theatre commentary in Japan can be dated back to the mid-eleventh century’s Shin Sarugō-ki(The New Record of Sarugaku), although it was more of travel writing than an
KIM Yun-Cheol* (President/IATC) The beginning of theatre commentary in Korea coincides with that of the modern Korean theatre, just one hundred years ago. At that time, a Korean-style opera by Lee In-Jik, called The Silvery World, premiered at the first
John Elsom[1] The narratives of English theatre often tell a drab story of the early 18th century, too many doggerel tragedies and comedies without the bawdiness of the Restoration. But the years saw the arrival of three characteristic features of