{"id":80282,"date":"2012-11-21T17:55:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T08:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&p=30227"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:19:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:19:15","slug":"run-melos","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/run-melos\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Melos"},"content":{"rendered":"

This theatrical adaptation of famous Japanese short story \u201cRun Melos\u201d opens Nov. 23. The play\u2019s director Erica Yamada is well known on the Fukuoka theater scene, and the cast and crew are from Kyushu. Originally written by Osamu Dazai, the source material was published in 1940. The storyline is as follows: three days before his sister\u2019s wedding, Melos is arrested under accusation of killing a king who has massacred many people. Melos strikes a deal with the king who captured him, promising to return to custody in three days if he is permitted to attend a wedding to give a special gift to his sister. The king agrees, but takes Melos\u2019 friend Selinuntius as a hostage. If Melos does not return in three days, his friend will be executed…! See this emotional production, sponsored by the Fukuoka in Asia group. Showing for three days only. <\/p>\n

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\u2022 11\/23 (Fri.) 19:00~, 11\/24 (Sat.) 13:00~, 18:00~, 11\/25 (Sun.) 13:00~
\n* Door opens 20 mins prior
\n\u2022 Sawara-ku Shimin Center Hall
\n\u2022 2-2-1 Momochi, Sawara-ku
\n\u2022 Adv: \u00a52,000, Door: \u00a52,500, Student Adv: \u00a51,000, Door: \u00a51,500
\n\u2022 092-831-2321
\n\u2022 http:\/\/stage.corich.jp <\/a>
\n\u2022 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meros.fukuoka<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This theatrical adaptation of famous Japanese short story \u201cRun Melos\u201d opens Nov. 23. The play\u2019s director Erica Yamada is well known on the Fukuoka theater scene, and the cast and crew are from Kyushu. Originally written by Osamu Dazai, the source material was published in 1940. The storyline is as follows: three days before his sister\u2019s wedding, Melos is arrested under accusation of killing a king who has massacred many people. Melos strikes a deal with the king who captured him, promising to return to custody in three days if he is permitted to attend a wedding to give a special gift to his sister. The king agrees, but takes Melos\u2019 friend Selinuntius as a hostage. If Melos does not return in three days, his friend will be executed…! See this emotional production, sponsored by the Fukuoka in Asia group. Showing for three days only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":30228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80282","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-momochi-nishijin","event-type-stage","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/80282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}