Seki sano biography of william
Seki sano biography of william
The Japanese Man Known as “The Father of Mexican Theater ....
A Transnational Streetcar Named Desire
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https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/8609Keywords:
Mexican-Spanish production, Mexican theatre, play, theatreAbstract
The 1948 premiere production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire in Mexico was an international event.
This first Mexican-Spanish production was directed by the Japanese director Seki Sano, who had immigrated to Mexico from Japan in 1939. An avid student of the theatrical technique of the Russian Stanislavski, Seki Sano founded the Mexican semi-professional Teatro de la Reforma.
This was the group that performed the Spanish premiere of Williams’ Streetcar in the Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City between December 4 and December 12, 1948 (ten performances in all). The extraordinary success of this Streetcar not only introduced Tennessee Williams to Mexican audiences in Spanish, it also