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Boy Actors and Effects of Performance on the Early Modern English Stage

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H06584
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Kimura Asuka  東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 助教 (70807130)

Project Period (FY) 2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords女性表象 / パフォーマンス・劇場の物質性 / 初期近代イギリス演劇 / 少年俳優 / ジェンダー・セクシュアリティ / 初期近代英国演劇 / ジェンダー / 劇場の物質性
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed at imagining the theatrical performance on the Shakespearean stage, especially the representation of women, three-dimensionally through close-reading of play-texts and historical research. Although it was often proclaimed that boy actors on the Shakespearean stage were invariably prepubertal, sharing many physical features with women, including voice and physique, it was probably not the case. Not a small number of boy actors were in their late teens or early twenties, suggesting they had already changed their voice or grown beard. Drawing on recent research in early modern theatre, I explored how female characters appeared on the early modern stage. For instance, in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, the protagonist is likely to have been impersonated by Richard Robinson, who was in his mid-teens or early twenties. If Robinson had a changed voice and male physique, the Duchess’s formidable image as a widow ruler must have been stressed.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

イギリス・ルネサンス演劇研究では特に2000年以降、初期近代の劇場の物質的条件への関心が高まっている。具体的には当時の舞台上演で用いられた衣装、小道具・大道具、ジェスチャー、俳優の身体、劇場の構造などに着目し、テクスト読解だけでは見つけることのできない新しい解釈や戯曲の可能性を明らかにしようとするものである。本研究は個別の俳優や俳優同士の関係性に注目し、戯曲を三次元的に浮かび上がらせ、俳優の身体を通じた間テクスト性を明らかにしようとするものであり、こうした近年の研究的動向に連なっている。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 『アントニオの復讐』と『ハムレット』における夫の亡霊と寡婦の記憶2019

    • Author(s)
      木村明日香
    • Journal Title

      Shakespeare Journal

      Volume: 5 Pages: 36-51

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 『モルフィ公爵夫人』における少年俳優の舞台上の効果2018

    • Author(s)
      木村明日香
    • Journal Title

      関東英文学研究

      Volume: 11 Pages: 39-50

    • NAID

      130007593500

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 『英雄の証明』における『コリオレイナス』解釈の新たな可能性2018

    • Author(s)
      木村明日香
    • Journal Title

      英語圏文化研究UTokyo

      Volume: 12 Pages: 65-74

    • NAID

      40022130509

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 初期近代演劇における寡婦表象と喪服の意味の多様性2018

    • Author(s)
      木村明日香
    • Journal Title

      第90回大会Proceedings(日本英文学会)

      Volume: N/A Pages: 187-88

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] モルフィ公爵夫人と少年俳優2017

    • Author(s)
      木村明日香
    • Organizer
      第56回シェイクスピア学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 初期近代演劇における寡婦表象と喪服の意味の多層性2017

    • Author(s)
      木村明日香
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会関東支部第15回大会(2017年度秋季大会)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-08-25   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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