{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"harvardgazette","author_url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/harvardgazette\/","title":"Playwright plumbs texts, ancient and modern &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zjMJiWF0Pe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2009\/03\/playwright-plumbs-texts-ancient-and-modern\/\">Playwright plumbs texts, ancient and modern<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2009\/03\/playwright-plumbs-texts-ancient-and-modern\/embed\/#?secret=zjMJiWF0Pe\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Playwright plumbs texts, ancient and modern&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"zjMJiWF0Pe\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"You know Noh, no? Chiori Miyagawa does. The Bard College playwright-in-residence, a Radcliffe Fellow this year, has steeped herself in Noh theater, a measured style of Japanese drama that dates back to the 14th century. It\u2019s one of the many literary echoes \u2014 some old, some ancient \u2014 that she brings to her work. \u201cI often time travel,\u201d Miyagawa told a lecture audience March 16 at the Radcliffe Gymnasium. \u201cIt\u2019s my favorite thing to do as a playwright.\u201d"}