Shirley, James

Japanese: シャーリー(英語表記)Shirley, James
Shirley, James
Born: September 1596, London
[Died] October 29, 1666, London. English playwright. He studied at Cambridge University and became an Anglican clergyman and grammar school principal in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, but later converted to Catholicism. He then moved to London and wrote about 40 plays between 1625 and 1642. He showed the same elegance and fluency in his seven surviving tragedies (such as The Traytor (1631)), ten comedies of manners (such as The Lady of Pleasure (1635)), and fourteen romantic comedies (such as The Imposture (1640)), as well as masques (such as The Triumph of Peace (1634)). Although he lacked originality, he was called "the last Elizabethan writer" for his skillful incorporation of the technical heritage of the past.

Shirley
Shirley, William

Born: 2 December 1694, Preston, Sussex
Died March 24, 1771. Roxbury, Massachusetts. British soldier. Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the American colonial period. Played an important role in Britain's wars against France in North America. Moved to America in 1731 and became governor in 1741. Commanded the British army in King George's War from 1740 to 1748, and occupied Louisburg in 1745. Became commander of the British colonial army in 1755, but was recalled to Britain after failing in an attack on Fort Niagara.

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Japanese:
[生]1596.9. ロンドン
[没]1666.10.29. ロンドン
イギリスの劇作家。ケンブリッジ大学に学び,ハーフォードシャー,セントオールバンズでイギリス国教会(アングリカン・チャーチ)の牧師,グラマー・スクールの校長となったが,のちカトリックに改宗。やがてロンドンに出て,1625年から 1642年までに約 40編の戯曲を書き続けた。現存する悲劇 7編(『反逆者』The Traytor〈1631〉など),風習喜劇 10編(『快楽夫人』The Lady of Pleasure〈1635〉など),ロマンス喜劇 14編(『ぺてん』The Imposture〈1640〉など)のほか,仮面劇(『平和の勝利』The Triumph of Peace〈1634〉など)にも同様の優雅さと流暢さをみせた。独創性はないが,過去の技巧的遺産を巧みに取り入れて「最後のエリザベス朝作家」と呼ばれる。

シャーリー
Shirley, William

[生]1694.12.2. サセックス,プレストン
[没]1771.3.24. マサチューセッツ,ロックスベリー
イギリスの軍人。アメリカ植民地時代のマサチューセッツ湾植民地総督。北アメリカにおけるイギリスの対フランス諸戦争に重要な役割を果した。 1731年アメリカに移り,41年総督に就任。 40~48年のジョージ王戦争でイギリス軍を指揮し,45年ルイスバーグを占領。 55年イギリスの植民地軍指揮官となったが,ナイアガラ要塞攻撃に失敗,イギリス本国に召喚された。

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