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Kishida Kunio Drama Award きしだくにおぎきょくしょう

Edition 50 (2006)

Playwriting awardNurturing young playwrights

Winners

2 people
Norihiko Tsukuda つくだ のりひこ award

Nukegara is a play by Norihiko Tsukuda. Under a title that suggests a cast-off shell or empty remains, it brings changes in body, family, memory, and relationships to the stage.

A play that depicts changing relationships through the shells and absences people leave behind.

157 pages
dramafamilybodyloss
Daisuke Miura みうら だいすけ award

Love's Whirlpool is a play by Daisuke Miura. Through a single night among strangers gathered for a sex party, it depicts desire, loneliness, vanity, and exposed conversation, staging both the absurdity and pain of human relations.

A play that portrays the pain of human relationships through one night among men and women gathered around desire.

156 pages
dramadesirelonelinessdialogue-driven theatrecontemporary society