CHANOYU
Onnyx Bei
TIME:
Tokyo, Japan. Circa 1880.
PLACE:
Keiko’s house and an alchemist’s shop.
CAST:
KEIKO
A young girl in her early 20s
YUNA
Keiko’s neighbor and a sewing teacher; woman in her 40s
OLD WOMAN
A blind shopkeeper with frazzled gray hair and a raspy voice
MITSU
Keiko’s teenage housekeeper
TADASHI
Keiko’s lover; man in his 40s
OTOYA
Keiko’s father
GHOSTS
The Old Woman’s father and husband
SCENE I
(KEIKO has prepared a tea ceremony at her house and invited her neighbor after supper.
YUNA enters.)
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