(1951-10-16) 16 October 1951 (age 72) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation
Stage director, playwright, company founder, company leader
Nationality
Japanese
Alma mater
Tōhō Gakuen College
Years active
1981–present
Notable awards
Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award (1997) Kishida Drama Award (1999) Yomiuri Literature Prize (2000) Asahi Drama Awards Grand Prix (2005)
Ai Nagai (永井愛, Nagai Ai, born on 16 October 1951) is a Japanese playwright, stage director, and the co-founder and leader of the theater company Nitosha. She is known for adopting realism as her primary writing style. Two of her major works, The Three Hagi Sisters (萩家の三姉妹, Hagi-ke no san shimai) and Time's Storeroom (時の物置, Toki no mono oki), both exemplify her utilization of realism.
According to The Japan Foundation's Performing Arts Network,[1] Nagai is currently regarded as one of the most sought-after playwrights in Japan because of her "well-made plays," in which social issues are treated from a critical perspective.[2]
^Pulvers 2006
^Yoshie Inoue's "Japanese Women Playwrights: From Meiji to the Present" states that Ai Nagai's and Rio Kishida's plays are the most highly regarded by future generations. This is because their plays, in Inoue's opinion, are superior to the plays written by male playwrights of the same generation. She also adds that because of the deep-rooted influence of patriarchy, the male playwrights are still prioritized (Rimer 2014, 174)
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