自慢の息子
The title play of a collection centered on family portraits. Through misaligned conversations and physical unease, it brings latent anxiety in ordinary family scenes onto the stage.
familyparent-child relationshipsmiscommunicationcontemporary theatre
Work Information
The closeness of family exposes how hard it can be for words to reach another person.
Published by Hakusuisha as Jiman no Musuko: Kazoku no Shozo, this play collection includes the Kishida Kunio Drama Award-winning work and can be read as a dramatic text about relationships on stage.
Review Summaries
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Although it is a family drama, it leaves a sharper impression than a simple story of healing. Readers and theatergoers respond to its handling of distance and silence between characters.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 白水社
- Published
- 2011-04-22
- Pages
- 190 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784560081334
- ISBN-10
- 4560081336
- Price
- 2200 JPY
- Category
- 本/エンターテイメント
第55回岸田國士戯曲賞受賞作品！ お宅は私の国に勝手に侵入しているが、いかがなものか？ 名づけるという行為がはらむポストコロニアルな物語――表題作のほか、母と息子の関係をサンプリングする『家族の肖像』を併録。