Abstract:

This summary and updating of the life and career of kabuki scholar and teacher Leonard Cabell Pronko (1927–2019) is also a personal snapshot of an extraordinary human being. It should be read in conjunction with the more comprehensive review of his contributions to Japanese theatre studies that appears in Asian Theatre Journal's "Founders of the Field" series (28:2, Fall 2011). The current article emphasizes Pronko's biography and how he came to Japanese theatre from a background in Romance languages. It discusses his key interests and points out some of the ways he influenced and aided my own career as an example of his abiding concern for current and former students. It also includes intriguing remarks from an unpublished interview with Jonah Salz (2016). I am grateful to Jonah Salz for permission to use this material.

摘要：

这篇对歌舞伎学者、教师伦纳德·卡贝尔·普朗科 (Leonard Cabell Pronko，1927-2019) 生平和事业的总结和更新，也是一个非凡人物的个人写照。它应该与出现在亚洲戏剧杂志的“领域的创始人”系列（28:2，2011 年秋季）中对他对日本戏剧研究的贡献的更全面的评论一起阅读。当前文章重点介绍了普朗科的传记以及他如何从浪漫语言背景来到日本戏剧界。它讨论了他的主要兴趣，并指出了他影响和帮助我自己的职业生涯的一些方式，作为他对现在和以前的学生的持久关心的一个例子。它还包括对 Jonah Salz (2016) 未发表的采访中的有趣评论。感谢 Jonah Salz 允许我使用这些材料。