Through international theater collaboration, new Japanese plays are being put on in London.

In January, three plays by Japanese women were put on in London as a way to show people from other countries some of the best new dramatists from Japan. Foreign theatregoers may know more about Japan's kabuki dramas than its modern plays, but the British and Japanese theater companies behind the initiative wanted to help 14 young Japanese playwrights develop their skills. Each playwright's work was translated into English so that it co....