"Golden Dream"

Japanese: 《黄金の夢》 - おうごんのゆめ
"Golden Dream"

... Pierrot, who became the most representative comic character of the people through the performances at the regular market, was reborn in the 19th century as the leading role in a pantomime performed by JG Debureau at the Théâtre de Fenambure, which opened in 1816 in a corner of the Boulevard du Temple, commonly known as the Boulevard de la Crime in Paris. Debureau's pantomimes were also slapstick at first, but with the success of Le songe d'or, written for him by C. Nodier in 1828, he suddenly attracted the attention of intellectuals such as T. Gautier and JG Janin, and Pierrot became the object of adoration for literary scholars and other intellectuals. Debureau's masterpiece The Thrift Store (1842), played by JL Barraud in the film Les Enfants d'Enfants para le sol, created a new image of Pierrot shedding tears on stage, and established the image of the sad Pierrot. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Golden Dream" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 定期市の出し物を通じて民衆のもっとも代表的な喜劇的人物となったピエロは,19世紀に入って,パリの通称〈犯罪大通り〉と呼ばれたブールバール・デュ・タンプルの一角に1816年に開場したフュナンビュール座において,J.G.ドビュローの演じるパントマイムの主役として新しく生まれ変わる。ドビュローのパントマイムも,初期は他愛ないドタバタであったが,28年,C.ノディエが彼のために書いた《黄金の夢Le songe d’or》の成功によって,一躍T.ゴーティエ,J.G.ジャナンなど,知識人たちの注目を集めるようになり,ピエロは文学者など知識人の愛好の対象となった。映画《天井桟敷の人々》の中ではJ.L.バローが演じたドビュローの代表作《古着屋》(1842)は,舞台で涙を流す新しいピエロ像を生み,〈悲しきピエロ〉のイメージを定着させた。…

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