Performances and Costumes of the Early Stuart Playing Company

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02468
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Science
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Yuko 東京理科大学, 理工学部教養, 教授 (60277283)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 英国ルネサンス演劇 / 舞台衣装 / 宮廷マスク / スチュアート朝 / ジェイムズ朝 / 室内劇場

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research covers the early Stuart period when each of the royal family members patronized a playing company. These companies were more often summoned to court to perform dramas. And the number of court masks increased, in which royals and aristocrats took roles as well as professional actors. The situation brought changes in the repertory and performances of the company.
The research revealed the way how masking costumes in the court revel were prepared, the appearance of a new type of clown on stage who was a fashionable upstart in the city, and also specific costumes of fantastical characters.

Free Research Field

英国ルネサンス演劇

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ヨーロッパ中近世の舞台では視覚効果が重視され、衣装はとりわけ重要な要素で、劇団の財産でもあった。舞台衣装は、劇団経営、集客、舞台演出に占める役割が大きかったにも拘わらず、これまで研究対象としては殆ど取り上げられてこなかった。本研究は舞台衣装を通して、王室と民間での舞台演出、双方の劇場舞台をつなぐ劇団の活動実態を解明しようとした。商業劇場における新たな道化の出現、特殊衣装の具体像、室内劇場への宮廷マスク演出・衣装の導入など、本研究で明らかになった点は多い。