Digital Archives and Early Modern English Theatre: The Network of Playhouses, Players, and Printing-houses

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23320059
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: KATO Yukio 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (30092927)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANAKA Kazutaka 弘前大学, 人文学部, 教授 (10227126) ; YAMASHITA Takako 鹿児島国際大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70224623) ; HANABUSA Chiaki 慶應義塾大学, 商学部, 教授 (60228518) ; SANO Takaya 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (90196296) ; TSUJI Teruhiko 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (30197678) ; KATSUYAMA Takayuki 同志社大学, 文学部, 教授 (30204449) ; ISHIBASHI Keitaro 岩手県立大学盛岡短期大学部, 国際文化学科, 教授 (80212918) ; SUGIURA Yuko 鳴門教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 准教授 (50412846) ; MANABE Tamaki 常磐大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (30364483) ; NISHIHARA Mikiko 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 准教授 (80369199) ; MATSUDA Yoshiko 高崎健康福祉大学, 人間発達学部, 講師 (10575103) ; MOTOYAMA Tetsuhito 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 准教授 (20386527)
• Research Collaborator: OKAMOTO Yasumasa 東京学芸大学, 名誉教授 (60015758)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: エリザベス朝 / 演劇 / シェイクスピア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project employed the methodologies of historical positivism in order to reexamine comprehensively the many facets of Early Modern English (i.e. Elizabethan and Jacobean) drama, ranging from the plays to the actors, acting troupes, and the theaters. What particularly distinguishes this project is its use of digital archives. By making use of such archives, it was able to reassess established notions and theories through a process of verification; each of the notions and theories were reexamined through close investigation of extant public records and major historical records.
By applying this methodology to research into stage theory, playwrights, acting troupes, individual plays, and the publication of these works, this project attempted to create an interconnected network of the many aspects of the theater world of the period, which includes playwrights, major actors, theater owners, printers, and publishers.

Free Research Field

英文学、イギリス文学