2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Playing Shakespeare's Fools and Clowns-a comparative study of 'fool acting' in Japan and the UK
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20520250
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAMOTO Kumiko Nihon University, 生物資源科学部, 准教授 (50319240)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | シェイクスピア / 上演研究 / 異文化演劇 / 比較演劇 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study explores how Shakespeare's fools and clowns are resurrected for the modern stage both in Japan and Britain after more than 400 years. Some try to act out a perfect court jester pleasing both onstage and offstage audiences ; some rely a little more heavily on physical comedy to elicit laughter from the audience. The Japanese actors equally suffer from Shakespeare's language, in translation, which is inevitably awkward however hard a translator tries to find the equivalent of what sometimes is nonsensical.
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Research Products
(6 results)
