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A Study of Visual Effects in the Early Modern English Theatrical Space

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24520265
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Literature in English
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

ICHIKAWA Mariko  東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (80142785)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordstheatre / stage / staging / play-text / stage-direction / 劇場 / ステイジング / 劇テクスト / ト書き / 舞台 / 上演 / テクスト / ドア
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The London commercial theatres of the early modern period employed little scenery or set. However, this does not mean that the Shakespearean theatre was a place of primitive techniques, capable only of crude and unsophisticated theatrical effects. A close analysis of play texts shows that the structure of the theatrical space in which the plays were first performed made possible various kinds of visual effects. The Merchant of Venice, for example, offers a scene where Shylock's status as villain is reinforced not just by the play's imagery but by the way that the actual structure of the Elizabethan stage made visible some of that imagery, giving it greater intensity. In Act 2, scene 5, his locking up inside his house all his possessions, including his own daughter, symbolizes his mean, suspicious, and narrow-minded nature. This study deals with such visual "metaphors" presented in the stage space of the early modern English theatres.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (5 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] “The stage is hung with blacke”: On the Use of Black Curtains for Tragedies in the Early Modern Period2014

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Journal Title

      Theatre Notebook

      Volume: 68 Pages: 153-188

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Shylock and the Use of Stage Doors2013

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Journal Title

      Theatre Notebook

      Volume: 67 Pages: 126-140

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] " Enter to/at the door"

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Organizer
      7th Blackfrars Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      American Shakespeare Center
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Moving Shakespeare Indoors, ed. Gurr and Karim-Cooper2014

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Publisher
      Caambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Moving Shakespeare Indoors2014

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Cambridge World Shakespeare Encyclopedia2014

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] The Shakespearean Stage Space2013

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Ichikawa
    • Total Pages
      235
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] シェイククスピアと演劇文化2012

    • Author(s)
      市川真理子
    • Publisher
      研究社
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 東北大学研究者紹介

    • URL

      http://db.tohoku.ac.jp/whois/detail/51a93bdf77d975c55322253418f5bb2b.html

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 東北大学研究者紹介

    • URL

      http://db.tohoku.ac.jp/whois/

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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