…In 19th-century Britain, burlesque came to refer to a specific genre of popular, less literary, humorous comedy that was less sharply satirical than its predecessors. The most representative writer was Henry James Byron (1834-1884), whose plays were parodies of the melodramas that were popular at the time. The same can be seen in the plays of WS Gilbert and the series of Savoy Operas that he composed with AS Sullivan. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Byron, HJ" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…19世紀のイギリスでは,バーレスクはそれまでのものほど鋭い風刺性をもたず,平易な笑いに依存する大衆的で文学性の乏しい特定のジャンルを指すようになった。その代表作家はバイロンHenry James Byron(1834‐84)で,彼の劇には当時流行していたメロドラマのパロディという面もある。同じことはW.S.ギルバートの戯曲やA.S.サリバンとともに作った一連の〈サボイ・オペラ〉にも指摘できる。… ※「Byron,H.J.」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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