Citizens of Tokyo

Citizens of Tokyo is the first collection in English of plays by one of Japans most important contemporary playwrights, Oriza Hirata, whose works have been performed all over the world. The first part of Citizens of Tokyo, At Home and Abroad, presents two playsToyko Notes and Kings of the Roadthat are exemplary of Hiratas unique neorealist dramaturgy, which created one of the most important trends in Japanese theater since the 1990s: Quiet Theatre. The second part of the book presents two short comedies that satirize the politics of decision-making in Japan and abroad: Loyal Rnin: The Working Girls Version and The Yalta Conference. The final part, Robots and Androids are People Too, presents two short plays created in collaboration with Ishiguro Hiroshi and the Osaka University Robot Theatre Project. The plays are accompanied by a context-setting introduction from editor and cotranslator M. Cody Poulton.