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Noh
(redirected from Noh play)

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Noh  (n)
n.
Variant of No1.

Noh [nəʊ]
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a variant spelling of No1


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RM: I read not too long ago that you had been tremendously impressed by the Noh plays in the Orient.
This is an example of a healthy will to shuck the less pleasant encumbrances, but it can be a dangerous process, we learn in "The Forgetting": "Ezra Pound praises the Emperor who appointed a committee of scholars/To pick the best 450 Noh plays and destroy all the rest, the fascist.
A synthesis of two Noh plays, the first act is a solemn tale of an encounter between a ghost of a noble warrior and his remorseful killer.
 
 
 
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