Lesedrama (English spelling) German

It means "drama for reading". Buchdrama (book drama) is also synonymous. One of the theatrical critics from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century was the question of whether works that appeal to the imagination rather than the senses were unsuitable for performance. As a result, some people who believed in the superiority of the imagination created works in the form of conversations or dialogues that were not intended to be performed, but were intended to be played in the world of dramatic imagination, and these were called Lesedramas. Today, this concept has expanded to refer to works that are technically difficult to perform at the time (Goethe's Faust is one example), and is also used as a derogatory term for works that are not worthy of being performed.

[Takashi Shonan]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

「読むためのドラマ」の意。ブーフドラマBuchdrama（本のドラマ）も同義。18世紀後半から19世紀中ごろにかけての演劇批評の一つは、感覚よりも想像力に訴える作品は上演に不適当ではないかという疑問であった。そのため想像力優位の考えにたつ人々のなかには、上演を目的とせず、純粋に劇的想像の世界に遊ぶことを意図して会話体や対話体の作品をつくり、レーゼドラマの名でよばれた。今日この概念は拡大化し、その時点で技術的に上演が困難とされる作品（ゲーテの『ファウスト』はその一例である）をさしたり、上演に値しない作品の蔑称(べっしょう)としても用いられることがある。

［高師昭南］

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