Monodrama

Japanese: monodrama
Monodrama

...From 1775 to 1780, the German actor Johann Christian Brandes (1735-99) practiced monodrama to demonstrate his acting skills, and gained popularity. This is called monodrama, but the term monologue drama generally refers to a more complete one-act play or a play long enough to be a single performance. For example, Chekhov's On the Harm of Tobacco and Cocteau's Voice are one-act plays of this type, but the former has the characters speaking to the audience, and the latter has the audience listening to the characters' telephone conversations. ...

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

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Japanese:

…1775年から80年にかけてドイツの俳優ブランデスJohann Christian Brandes(1735‐99)がみずからの演技力を誇示するために盛んに実践し,人気を得た。これはモノドラマmonodramaと呼ばれるが,モノローグ劇という言葉は一般にもう少しまとまった一幕劇ないし一回の演目として十分な長さの劇を指すようである。例えばチェーホフの《タバコの害について》やコクトーの《声》はそういう一幕物だが,前者は登場人物が観客に向かって語りかけるというかたちを,後者は人物の電話でのやりとりを観客が聞くというかたちをとっている。…

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