Court Festival - Kyuuteishukusai

Japanese: 宮廷祝祭 - きゅうていしゅくさい
Court Festival - Kyuuteishukusai

...The English court also performed comical interludes and masquerades. These court festivals were a breeding ground for ballet and opera, and in the following period they further developed into the development of Baroque theater.
[The blossoming of Baroque drama and its characteristics]
The Renaissance period was, broadly speaking, the discovery and establishment of classical drama centered on words, as mentioned above, but in the Baroque period, emotional theatrical means came to be used more frequently, and spoken drama fell into disuse.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "court festivals" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスの宮廷ではインタールードと呼ばれる滑稽な幕間劇や仮面劇も行われた。このような宮廷祝祭は,バレエやオペラの温床にもなるとともに,次の時代にはさらなる展開をみせてバロック的な演劇を開花させていくのである。
[バロック劇の開花とその特質]
 ルネサンス期には大きくみれば,上述のように〈ことば〉を中心とする古典的ドラマの発見と定着が見られたわけであるが,バロック期になると,感性的な演劇手段が多用されるようになり,せりふの劇は後退する。…

※「宮廷祝祭」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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