play

Japanese: play
play

...Spectacle (hereafter, as used in the following) expresses the most fundamental characteristic of theater as something to be shown. The English word play or the French word jeu emphasizes the playfulness of what happens on stage and the fictional nature that results from it, while the English word performance refers to the special physical skills required for such a performance and their results. In Japanese, the word theatron, or the word for theatrical arts along with the spectator seating, is 'play'.

From the play:


[Literature and Drama]
The concept of "drama" is unique to modern Japanese, and at least in the West, this concept does not exist. Drama, of course, refers to the theater itself, and the English word "play" also means a play that is read, and at the same time, a play that is performed on stage. The German word "Theaterstück" and the French word "pièce de théâtre" both literally mean "theatrical work," and are also used to mean drama as literature.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "play" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以下慣用に従いスペクタクルとする)は,〈見せるもの〉としての演劇の最も基底的な特性を表す。また,英語play(プレー)あるいはフランス語jeu(ジュー)は,舞台上で行われることの〈遊戯性〉とそれに基づく〈虚構性〉を強調するし,英語でperformance(パフォーマンス)といえば,そのような〈演戯〉に要求される特殊な身体的技能とその成果を問題にする。 日本語でも,テアトロン,つまり見物席とともに舞台芸術を指すことばは〈芝居〉である。…

【戯曲】より


[文学と〈戯曲〉]
 〈戯曲〉という概念は,近代の日本語に固有のものであって,少なくとも西洋にはこの観念はない。ドラマといえば,もちろん演劇そのものをさす言葉であるし,英語の〈プレイplay〉も,読む戯曲を示すと同時に,舞台上で演じられる演劇を意味している。ドイツ語の〈テアーターシュトゥックTheaterstück〉,フランス語の〈ピエス・ド・テアートルpièce de théâtre〉は,いずれも文字通り〈演劇作品〉の意であって,それがそのまま文学としての戯曲の意味でも使われている。…

※「play」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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