Knights' Tale
(Kishi-Monogatari)
7th September 2021
Umeda Arts Theatre, Osaka
A short essay about how I adapted Shakespeare and Fletcher’s play for a modern audience can be found on the page for the 2018 production.
Knights' Tale
| Book by | John Caird |
| Music & Lyrics by | Paul Gordon |
| Japanese Book and Lyrics by | Maoko Imai |
| Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements by | Brad Haak |
| Based on | |
| Teseida | by Giovanni Boccaccio |
| The Knights' Tale | by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Two Noble Kinsmen | by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare |
Creative Team and Production Staff
| Director | John Caird |
| Choreographer | David Parsons |
| Set Designer | Jon Bausor |
| Lighting Designer | Ryuichi Nakagawa |
| Sound Designer | Toshiya Honma |
| Costume Designer | Jean Chan |
| Hair & Make-Up | Hiroaki Miyauchi |
| Fighting Choreographer | Yuta Morokaji |
| Music Director, Additional Orchestrations and Vocal Coach | Hideya 'Birri' Yamaguchi |
| Japanese Music Arrangements and Orchestrations | Mitsuaki Sato |
| Additional Orchestrations | Conor Keelan |
| Vocal Coach | Tomohiko Nakai |
| Conductor | Kaichi Tanabe |
| Orchestra Coordinators | Takao Morioka / Takeru Chiba / Nobuya Matsukura / Kazunari Oshima |
| Keyboard Programmer | Keiichiro Koga |
| Rehearsal Pianists | Ryoko Mano |
| Associate Directors | Ikko Ueda / Makoto Nagai |
| Associate Choreographer | Natalie Lomonte |
| Assistant Choreographer | Kengo Nishioka |
| Assistant Fighting Choreographers | Takeyuki Honda / Yoshio Sato |
| Stage Manager | Takashi Hojo |
| Associate Set Designer | Satoko Nakane |
| Associate Costume Designer | Urara Sakurai |
| Associate Sound Designer | Masahiro Akiyama |
| Associate Stage Manager | Mitsunari Ueda |
| Assistant Producer | Torisawa Hayato |
| Producers | Yasuhiko Saitoh / Junichi Tsukada |
| Stage Management Team | Daisaku Iida / Hayato Kitabayashi / Kimiyoshi Otomo / Hitoshi Naganuma / Miyabi Fukuda / Naoko Hiraishi / Ryusei Onuki |
| Interpreters | Maoko Imai / Mayumi Oshima / Akiko Naitou |
| Company Managers | Miyuki Kamano |
| Assistant Company Managers | Ryoko Saito / Azumi Yokota |
| Production Carpenter | Yutaka Uchikoshi / Mariko Akiyama / Naoki Tanaka (TOHO STAGE CRAFT Co.,Ltd.) |
| Technical Division | Atsushi Tsushima (TOHO STAGE CRAFT Co.,Ltd.) |
| Props arranged by | Yoji Teraoka (TOHO STAGE CRAFT Co.,Ltd.) / NIKE STAGE WORKS |
| Special Props arranged by | Masashi Tanaka (Atelier KHAOS) / Takeshi Tsuchiya (TSUCHIYACOBO) |
| Shoes crafted by | Mitsue Kiguchi (Mishoe) |
| Costume Department | Chiyo Banda / Tomomi Mizutani (TOHO STAGE CRAFT CO.,LTD.) |
| Ornaments crafted by | aterlier HINODE / Shogo Kimura (IZO) |
| Wigs by | OKUMATSUKATSURA / M's factory |
| Lighting and LED Effects | Minoru Suzuki (Komaden) |
| Special Effects | Masashi Itoda (TOKKO) |
| Video Monitors Supplied by | Mikio Enomoto (Magnux.Inc) |
| Musical Instruments Supplied by | Takuo Kishi (Sankyosha) |
| Taikos Supplied by | Asano Taiko |
| Transportation | KATO Express |
| Rehearsal Studios | Sumida Park Studio / Imperial Theatre / TOHO Studio |
| Transceivers Supplied by | Rentceiver Co.,Ltd. |
| Legal Advisors | Kensaku Fukui / Rika Suzuki |
Cast
| Arcite | Koichi Domoto |
| Palamon | Yoshio Inoue |
| Emilia | Kei Otozuki |
| Jailor's Daughter | Mone Kamishiraishi |
| Theseus | Yuji Kishi |
| Creon / Gerald | Kenya Osumi |
| Hippolyta | Kaho Shimada |
| One of the Three Queens / Athenian Oracle | Motoko Orii |
| One of the Three Queens / Doctor | Ririko Nanase |
| One of the Three Queens / Nurse | Takai Mizuno |
| Jailor | Noriyuki Konishi |
| Pirithous / Vocal Captain | Tomohiko Nakai |
| Pentheus | Kyohei Kanda |
| Valerius / Jordan / Athenian Soldier | Norihide Mantani |
| Stag / One of the three Three Kings / Theban Soldier | Daichi Matsuno |
| Freckled Nell / Theban Soldier / Soldier | Asami Ishii |
| Soldier / Hunter | Riho Sakihana |
| Doe / Glauce / Theban Soldier | Rey Endo |
| Little Luce / Amazon / Theban Soldier | Aki Tomita |
| Doe / Antiope / Friz / Lycurgus | Mei Kadoma |
| Doe / Melanippe / Amazon | Saya Chinen |
| Doe / Amazon / Theban Soldier | Hina Sakai |
| Maudline / Amazon | Yui Okuba |
| Bouncing Barbary / Amazon / Maudline | Azusa Hara |
| Soldier | Mina Shibata |
| Soldier | Mayu Tanaka |
| Pan / Arcas / Theban Soldier | Toshiki Hirose |
| Athenian Soldier / Forest Dancer / Theban Soldier | Ryoma Yamashina |
| Sennois / Evander / Soldier | Yoshihisa Higuchi |
| One of the Three Kings / Athenian Soldier / Theban Soldier | Yuma Goto |
| Diomedes / Athenian Soldier / Hunter / Forest Dweller | Kenta Chatani |
| Sychaeus / One of the Three Kings / Athenian Soldier | Shyuto Chen |
| Peleus / Athenian Soldier / Forest Dancer | Yoshiki Maeyama |
| Admetus / Athenian Soldier / Hunter / Forest Dweller | Kazuki Toma |
| Captain / Rycas | Taichi Nakano |
| Forest Musicians | |
| Wadaiko (Japanese drum) | Tetsuro Naito |
| Shinobue / Yokobue (Japanese flute) | Tomoko Takeda |
| Tsugaru-jamisen (Shamisen) | Reika Matsuhashi |
| Shakuhachi (Japanese flute) | Akihito Obama / Akihisa Kominato |
Programme Staff
| Directed by | Reiko Konishi |
| Designed by | Shigeru Komai (ye11ow graphic studio japan) / Reiko Ueda (TOHO Marketing Co.,Ltd.) |
| Photographers | Leslie Kee (SIGNO) / Shunpei Tauchi (TOHO MARKETING Co.,Ltd.) / Masao Kikuchi (Kikuchi Masao Office Co., Ltd) |
| Editor | Ryoko Takahashi |
Orchestra
| Oboe | 伊藤量子 / 藪 恵美子 |
| Horn | 鈴木希恵 / 柳谷 信 |
| Trumpet | 田沼慶紀 / 松田美由貴 |
| Trombone | 松尾直樹 / 村上美希 |
| Drums | 舟 寧臣 / 工藤恭彦 |
| Guitar | 吉岡 昇 |
| Bass | 小笹了水 |
| Keyboard | 金子浩介 / 河邉 大 |
| 1st Violin | 相磯優子 / 祝嶺美保 |
| 2nd Violin | 田島朗子 / 佐藤桃子 |
| Viola / Violin | 増田直子 / 萩野恵美子 |
| Cello | 森田香織 / 三枝慎子 |
| Manipulator | 古賀敬一郎 |
| TOHO Music | 森岡孝夫 / 千葉 健 |
| DAT Music | 松倉信弥 / 大嶋一成 |