Name Tsuneari Fukuda Role Dramatist | Siblings Taeko Fukuda | |
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Died November 20, 1994, Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan People also search for Hayaru Fukuda, William Shakespeare, Ikutaro Shimizu | ||
Tsuneari Fukuda (福田 恆存, Fukuda Tsuneari, 1912 – 1994) was a Japanese dramatist, translator, and literary critic. In the 1950s he became known for his satirical play Kitty Typhoon and also The Man Who Stroked a Dragon. He was linked to Shingeki and in 1955 he did a production of Hamlet with Hiroshi Akutagawa, son of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, playing the lead role. He also wrote a 1957 essay Directing Shakespeare which dealt with his views on the subject of directing Shakespearean plays. Later he did a Japanese version, based on his translation, of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In addition he helped found the Theatre Company Subaru and received the Yomiuri Prize multiple times. Another notable translator of the time, Junji Kinoshita, was quite famous as well.
