"The Maiden's Tragedy" - Maiden Beard

Japanese: 《乙女の悲劇》 - おとめのひげき
"The Maiden's Tragedy" - Maiden Beard

…His representative works are Philaster (c. 1609) and The King and No King (1611), 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. In his later years, Beaumont wrote masques, which were popular at the time, for entertainment at the court. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "The Maiden's Tragedy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《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。なおボーモントはその晩年,当時流行していた仮面劇を宮廷での余興用に書いている。…

※「《乙女の悲劇》」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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