Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (1985) award
Kishida Rio
きしだ りお
Kishida Rio
Aliases:
林 寛美
Pen Names:
Kishida Rio（Pen name used professionally as a playwright and writer. Real name Hayashi Hiromi.）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1946-03-10 （Okaya, Nagano, Japan）
- Died
- 2003-06-28 age 57
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Okaya, Nagano (birthplace) → Tokyo (base of activities)
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, director, screenwriter, novelist, translator
- Active Years
- 1974-2003
- Affiliations
- Tenjo Sajiki (theatre troupe; participant), Kaigekijo (resident playwright), Kishida Office + Rakutendan, Kishida Rio Company (artistic director)
- Influenced By
- Terayama Shuji
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuo University, Faculty of Law | Faculty of Law | — | — | — | Japan |
Chuo University, Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
Country:
Japan
Reported graduate of Chuo University Faculty of Law; exact graduation year not specified.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Shinshokan For Ladies Prize (1st) | The Insomniac Cat | — | Shinshokan | winner |
| 1984 | Kishida Kunio Drama Award (29th) | Thread Hell | — | Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee | winner |
| 1988 | Kinokuniya Theatre Award (23rd) | Final Dwelling / Temporary Lodging | — | Kinokuniya | winner |
Shinshokan For Ladies Prize (1st)
1974
Work:
The Insomniac Cat
Organization:
Shinshokan
Result:
winner
Kishida Kunio Drama Award (29th)
1984
Work:
Thread Hell
Organization:
Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee
Result:
winner
Kinokuniya Theatre Award (23rd)
1988
Work:
Final Dwelling / Temporary Lodging
Organization:
Kinokuniya
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Thread Hell
1984 play / dramaA play incorporating elements of weird fantasy; one of her representative works that received acclaim domestically and abroad.
weird fantasyidentityfamily relations
Adaptations
- [theatre (international stagings)] Thread Hell (1992)
Translations
- Thread Hell (performed in English translation)
Final Dwelling / Temporary Lodging
1988 play / dramaA work with allegorical elements concerning life, death and belonging. Recipient of the Kinokuniya Theatre Award.
life and deathsense of placeallegory
Shintokumaru
1983 play (co-written with Terayama Shuji)A stage work produced in collaboration with Terayama Shuji; a notable co-authored piece in performance history.
ritual elementsmadnessceremony
The Insomniac Cat
1974 play / short pieceAn early notable work that led to winning the Shinshokan For Ladies Prize.
dream vs realityinsomniathe uncanny
Bibliography
- Rōgetsu-ki (Collection of Plays) (Shuppan Shinsha) 1982
- Thread Hell: Second Play Collection (Shuppan Shinsha) 1984
- My Hematology of Vampires (Hakusuisha) 1985
- Forget-Me-Not (after Wedekind's Lulu) (Ritsu Shobo) 1986
- The Last Child (Kofu-sha) 1986
- Fantasy Play: Theatre Essays (Ritsu Shobo) 1987
- Water Spirit Chronicle (Kofu-sha) 1988
- Love Trilogy (Ritsu Shobo) 1992
- Summer Vacation of 1999 (Kadokawa Ruby Bunko) 1992
- Shintokumaru & Kusa Meikyuu: Collected Plays (Gekisho-bo) 1997
- Final Dwelling / Temporary Lodging: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko (Ritsu Shobo) 2002
- Kishida Rio Collected Plays (Ritsu Shobo) 2004
Adaptations
- Kusa Meikyuu (film script; directed by Ninagawa Yukio)
- Summer Vacation of 1999 (film script, Shochiku) 1988
Translations by Author
- Under the Window (Kate Greenaway, Shinshokan) 1976
- Marigold Garden (Kate Greenaway, Shinshokan) 1976
- Annie's Rainbow (Ron Brooks, Kaiseisha) 1979
- Undine (Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Shinshokan) 1980
- Makeup and Skirts (ed. Arthur Quiller-Couch, Shinshokan) 1980
Translations of Works
- Thread Hell (English-language stagings in Australia, 1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- weird/fantastical styleavant-gardesmall-theatre experimentalism
- Recurring Motifs
- vampiric motifsblurred boundary between dream and realitytransformations of identity
Health
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colon cancer2001-2003Entered a period of illness around 2001 and died in 2003. The illness curtailed her activities.
Legacy
One of the leading playwrights and directors of the small-theatre movement, noted for her weird fantastical style and international stagings. Posthumous festivals (Rio Fes) and revivals have continued to commemorate her work.
Academic Societies
- Japan Playwrights Association (related archives)
Archives
- Kishida Rio related materials (held by individuals and theatre groups)
In Popular Culture
- Posthumous performances and commemorations through the Rio Fes memorial festival
Trivia
- Real name: Hayashi Hiromi.
- Sometimes referred to as the "female Terayama Shuji" due to close association with Terayama Shuji.
- Thread Hell was staged abroad (Australia).