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Venue: Leicester Haymarket Theatre.
Role: Kayama Yesaemon.
Show Written By: Stephen Sondheim.
Other: See 'Carousel' Page.
Show Synopsis:
(Found at http://www.sondheim.com)
A musical with book by John Weidman, Pacific Overtures
traces the history of Japan from the first contact with America (via Commodore Matthew Perry) through the modern age. The
"development" of the country is represented by two characters, Kayama Yasaemon, a traditional samurai, and his friend Manjiro,
a fisherman who had been shipwrecked in Boston, where he embraced Western ways. As Japan becomes more Westernized, Kayama
embraces the new culture while Manjiro rejects it, rediscovering his roots. All this is acted out against a backdrop of the
greater changes in Japan, as the Japanese and the world powers all try to capitalize
on the opening up of Japan. Includes the songs "Poems," "Pretty Lady," and "Someone in a Tree."
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