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U.K. stage group to rework 'Mononoke' magic

Play our way: English company Whole Hog Theatre will present an adaptation of the anime 'Princess Mononoke' in Tokyo this month. They are the first to be granted permission by creator Hayao Miyazaki to adapt his classic either on stage or screen. | AP

By Nobuko Tanaka
Special To The Japan Times

Apr 19, 2013

If anyone understands the truth in the phrase, "It doesn't hurt to ask" — it's Alexandra Rutter.

The 23-year-old cofounder and artistic director of Whole Hog Theatre (WHT) is also the director of the first-ever adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 anime masterpiece, "Princess Mononoke."

"I feel incredibly privileged to have been given this opportunity," she tells The Japan Times by phone from England. "I didn't ever think we would get it."

U.K. stage group to rework 'Mononoke' magic

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