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[[Shozo Sato|Shōzō Satō]] (born 1933) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōzō_Satō]. Internationally renowned Japanese master of Zen arts and visionary theatre director, most known for adapting Western classics to Japanese Kabuki theatre. Some of his adaptations include ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[Medea]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Faust]]'', ''[[Achilles]]'', and the operas, ''Madame Butterfly'' and ''The Mikado''.
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[[Shozo Sato|Shōzō Satō]] (born 1933) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōzō_Satō] playwright, theatre director and designer.  
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Internationally renowned Japanese master of Zen arts and visionary theatre director, most known for adapting Western classics to Japanese Kabuki theatre. Some of his adaptations include ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[Medea]]'', ''[[Othello]]'', ''[[Faust]]'', ''[[Achilles]]'', and the operas, ''Madame Butterfly'' and ''The Mikado''.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
He directed a production of ''[[Medea|Kabuki Medea]]'' in an unknown venue in Natal in 1992 or 1993, starring [[Brenda Radloff]]. He also designed the costumes, for which he was awarded a [[Vita Award]] (Natal region) in 1993.
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1992/3: He directed a production of ''[[Medea|Kabuki Medea]]'' in an unknown venue in Natal in 1992 or 1993, starring [[Brenda Radloff]]. He also designed the costumes, for which he was awarded a [[Vita Award]] (Natal region) in 1993.
 
   
 
   
 
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Revision as of 06:19, 7 September 2020

Shōzō Satō (born 1933) [1] playwright, theatre director and designer.

Internationally renowned Japanese master of Zen arts and visionary theatre director, most known for adapting Western classics to Japanese Kabuki theatre. Some of his adaptations include Macbeth, Medea, Othello, Faust, Achilles, and the operas, Madame Butterfly and The Mikado.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

1992/3: He directed a production of Kabuki Medea in an unknown venue in Natal in 1992 or 1993, starring Brenda Radloff. He also designed the costumes, for which he was awarded a Vita Award (Natal region) in 1993.

Sources

NELM Literary Awards database.

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