...Their tragedies and comedies, which had a unique color and suited the tastes of the increasingly aristocratic audience, were extremely popular. Philaster (c. 1609) and The King and No King (1611) are their representative works, and in both cases the fusion of tragedy and comedy is achieved by building up the audience's tension to an extreme level through a series of thrilling scene effects, and then releasing the tension with a sudden reversal at the climax, giving the audience an artificial sense of relief. In tragedies such as The Maiden's Tragedy (c. 1611), the emphasis is on provocatively portraying the tragic figures of the characters who are forced to make a hopeless choice in a near-extreme situation. *The following is a partial explanation of the term "King but not a king." Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…なかでも彼らの悲喜劇は独特の色合いをもち,しだいに貴族化しつつある観客の好みに合致して大きな人気を呼んだ。《フィラスター》(1609ごろ)および《王にして王にあらず》(1611)はその代表作であるが,いずれの場合にも悲劇と喜劇の融和は,スリルに富んだ場面効果を積み重ねて観客の緊張を極度に盛り上げたのち,大詰めで突然の逆転によってその緊張を緩め,観客に人為的な解放感を与えることによって達成される。《乙女の悲劇》(1611ごろ)をはじめとする悲劇では,極限に近い状況の中で絶望的な二者択一を迫られて苦悶する人物たちの悲哀に満ちた姿を刺激的に描くことに重点がおかれている。… ※「《王にして王にあらず》」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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