棒になった男
aka Bō ni natta otoko
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick
east asia
modern japan
one-act plays
The Man Who Turned Into A Stick is a one-act play written in 1957 by Kōbō Abe. It is the first of three plays written between 1957 and 1969 meant to symbolize the different stages of life, usually shown together. The first, representing birth, is The Suitcase. The second, The Cliff of Time, represents life itself, or The Process and the third, The Man who Turned into a Stick, is death. The play was first presented at Kinokuniya Hall in 1967.Wikipedia →
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