University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 31, 1989
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Japanese play debuts at KU
'The Island' depicts bomb victims' plight by Kris M. Bergquist
by Kris M. Bergquist Kansan staff writer
The world premiere of the English translation of a Japanese play dealing with the bombing of Hiroshima won't appear on the stages of off-Broadway theaters in New York City.
"People outside of Japan never really looked at Hiroshima and Nagasaki," said Andrew Tsukiar, director of the play and chairman of the East Asian languages and culture department for us to look at it from the B-8's perspective but to look at it ground-level."
"The Island," which opened last night, will continue through Tuesday as part of the William Inge Memorial Theatre series. All performances are at 8 p.m. in Inge Theatre at Murphy Hall.
It's making its debut at the University of Kansas.
in 1954, was first shown in Japan in 1957. It was translated to English in 1987 by David Goodman, professor of comparative literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Goodman will comment on the play
10.50am in 280 Murchy
The play, written by Hotta Kiyomi
at 6:45 p.m. tomorow in 330 Murphy.
In the hallway leading to the Inge
Theatre, an exhibit of black and
white photographs and paintings
of Hiroshima which survived the Hiroshima bomb explosion will be dislapsed until Tuesday.
Manaba Kurhira, a character in the play, was exposed to radiation in Hiroshima. The play focuses on his suffering, and he faces life facing the fact that he might die.
Jeffrey Sherr, Lawrence senior plays Kurihara in the play.
The play is set in 1911 and 1923 in a Japanese village. Two families try to cope with their frustrations and to work with their regular lives after the bomb.
"It's not a political play," Sherr said. "He's a real person, and it deals with his real life situation."
"In a way, as a graduating senior, I'm in the same situation as he is —
dealing with what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. The difference is that he doesn't know about his leukemia and die in a few months.
Laura Kirk, Lecompton senior, plays kuriharra's mother. She said the play was not really about the bombing of Hiroshima.
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“It’s about little weird things about the family that happened after the bomb,” Kirk said. “Like Manaba tries to get married, and he can’t because he doesn't know about the radiation.”
"I tell pretty ashamed that I didn't know more about it, being an American." Kirk said.
Pamela Cook, Green junior, said that being in the play gave her a better understanding about the bombing.
"I don't feel like I'm reliving it, but I am getting a taste of what the people went through," Cook said. "Politically, we need to understand and know about things like this that happened. We put so many things behind us and don't think about it anymore."
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