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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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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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 / 英文学 / 道化・笑い / イギリス・日本 / パフォーマンス・スタディーズ / 道化 / 批評理論 |
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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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