Cloud Cuckooland

Thisplay,looselybasedonJonathanSwift'ssatire,wasperformedattheMickerybytheJapanesetheatregroupTenjosajiki(meaningthehighestpartofthetheatreorthegods),foundedbyShujiTerayama,awriterplaywright,poetandfilmmaker.Themaincharactersintheplayareservants:abutler,acook,footman,groom,house-steward,porter,chambermaid,housekeeperandgoverness.Astrangemechanism,theSaint-MasterMachine,appearsonstage,withthepowertochangeaservantintoamaster.Thereisarumorthattherealmasterisactuallydisguisedamongtheservants.Whentheservantstrytokilltheirabsentmaster,theirhatredcreatesahellishatmosphere.ThetragedyisnottheabsenceoftheMaster,buttheservants'needforone.