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The Greengrocer's Tragedy

(八百屋献立) (Yaoya no kondate)

First Staged: 1823
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku August 1986 Performance Program

Performances:

• August 1986 National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka: The Greengrocer's Tragedy
• November 1992: The Greengrocer's Tragedy

Kashira:

• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Warubaba (悪婆)
• Matahei (又平)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Genta (源太)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)

Characters:

• Hambei (八百屋半兵衛)
• Ochiyo (嫁お千代)
• Okuma (母おくま)
• Tarobei (太郎兵衛)
• Kajuro (嘉十郎)
• Apprentice (丁稚 )
• Juzo (十蔵)