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Assosiate Prof. Tomoko KAKEE (tkakee[at]hiroshima-u.ac.jp)
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IPC Seminar
The 42nd International Peace and Coexistence Seminar, co-hosted by the Center for Peace, will be held on October 1st. This seminar features a performance of the dramatic monologue 'The Priest's Tale' by British actor Michael Mears, followed by a post-performance dialogue. This is also part of a seminar series commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, sponsored by Kakenhi(科研課題JSPS21KK0032). Please check the details below and submit the registration form to participate.
Newly staged for live performance, THE PRIEST’S TALE, by award-winning actor/playwright Michael Mears, is his solo adaptation of one of the atomic-bomb survivors’ accounts from John Hersey’s book ‘HIROSHIMA’. The American journalist John Hersey went to Hiroshima in 1946 and interviewed six survivors - five Japanese and the German priest Father Wilhelm. Father Wilhelm was living in Hiroshima and survived the blast but witnessed much of the destruction. THE PRIEST’S TALE is a clear-eyed depiction of the terror wrought at the start of our nuclear age…told with compassion, warmth and flashes of humour...
British actor MICHAEL MEARS has had a varied career for over three decades in theatre, television, and film – including seasons with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Peter Hall Company, portraying many classical and Shakespearean roles. Most recently, he produced a play about Hiroshima for two actors, one British, one Japanese, called THE MISTAKE. THE MISTAKE tours to the USA and to Japan in 2025, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Date & Time: October 1st, 2025 (Wednesday)
5PM-6PM Monologue Performance
6PM-7PM Discussion with Michael Mears
Location: 203 Audio Visual Room, IDEC Building 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima
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Language: English
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