Choros (English spelling)

Japanese: コロス(英語表記)Choros
Choros (English spelling)
A choral dance company. In Greek drama, a group of actors who participate in the play as commentators and critics, separate from the direct development of the plot. In early plays, the chorus (koros) played a major role, but in later plays, its importance decreased, and in Euripides' works it became almost nominal. The number of choruses also decreased from 50 in the time of Thespis to 15 at the end of the 5th century BC, and finally disappeared from the works of Roman playwrights such as Terencius and Plautus. However, in the 20th century, the function of the chorus was reintroduced in some plays, such as T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Temple (1935) and A. Miller's A View from the Bridge (55). (→ Attic tragedy)

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Japanese:
合唱舞踊団。ギリシア劇において,筋の直接の展開から離れて,解説者や批判者として劇に参加する俳優の一群。初期においては合唱団 (コロス) が劇の主要部分を占めていたが,後期になるにしたがい,その重要度を減じ,エウリピデスの作品ではほとんど名目的なものとなった。合唱団の人数も,テスピス時代の 50人から前5世紀末には 15人となり,ついにテレンチウスやプラウツスなど,ローマの劇作家の作品からは姿を消すにいたった。しかし,20世紀になって,T.S.エリオットの『寺院の殺人』 (1935) や A.ミラーの『橋からの眺め』 (55) など,コロスの機能を再び取入れた作品も出ている。 (→アッチカ悲劇 )  

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