Mon ami Hitler, et autres pièces

Mishima's brilliant plays are unknown outside Japan, something this scholarly yet fluid English-language anthology attempts to change. The five later plays and three dramatic essays include scholarly introductions and footnotes by Sato to help readers decipher the content. Mishima's complex and well-plotted plays are drawn from various sources, but all show his idealism and loyalty to the old Japan, and the common theme of premeditated ritual in four of the five pieces seems to foretell the author's 1970 public suicide.

• "The Rokumenkan" shows Japan's schizophrenic split between Westernization and nationalism.
• In "The Decline and Fall of Suzaku," Mishima laments Japan's defeat in World War II.
• "The Leper King" is based upon the Cambodian legend of Jayavarman VII.
• "The Wonder Tale: Kabuki" tells the heroics of 12th-century Japanese warrior, Tametomo.
• Finally, the title piece reveals Mishima's fascination with Hitler's political "genius." In addition, the dramatic essays and a lecture given at the National Theatre demonstrate his theatrical knowledge and passion for kabuki. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.

Trouver cette pièce de théatre en anglais ou en italien.