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For 20 years, up until his dramatic suicide in 1970, Yukio Mishima dominated Japanese letters as both a novelist and playwright. Mishima was equally adept at writing psychological parlor-room drama and bombastic kabuki. "The Black Lizard" is a hybrid of these two styles, and follows a notorious woman gang leader who engages in a battle of wits with brilliant private detective Kogorô Akechi, Japan's Sherlock Holmes. Black Lizard attempts to steal the biggest diamond in Japan, while Akechi strives to protect the jewel and capture the criminal. The play has been a perennial favorite in Japan, and many leading actresses and female impersonators have taken a turn at playing Black Lizard including Mizutani Yaeko, Miwa Akihiro (also in the film version), Bandô Tamasaburô and Matsuzaka Keiko. Imago Theatre's production is the English-language world premiere of "The Black Lizard".