Jones, M.

Japanese: Jones,M.(英語表記)JonesM
Jones, M.

…For example, in the UK, there is an amphitheater that opened in 1962 after director Stephen Joseph remodeled the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. However, the most notable examples are in the US, including the Penthouse Theatre, founded by Glenn Hughes at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1940, the amphitheater built in Dallas by female director Margo Jones in 1947, the Circle in the Square in New York (completed in 1951), and the Arena Stage in Washington (1961). All of these reject the framed stage and aim to liberate the acting space, place more importance on the actors' performances than on the equipment and props, and aim to fuse the stage and the audience, forcing a reexamination of not only the way of directing and acting, but also the very way of writing plays. …

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…たとえばイギリスには,演出家ジョーゼフStephen Josephがストーク・オン・トレントのビクトリア劇場を改造して1962年に開場した円形劇場がある。しかし最も注目されるのはアメリカの場合で,1940年にシアトルのワシントン大学にヒューズGlenn Hughesが設立したペントハウス劇場,47年に女流演出家ジョーンズMargo Jonesがダラスにつくった円形劇場,ニューヨークのサークル・イン・ザ・スクエア(1951完成),ワシントンのアリーナ・ステージ(1961)など多くの例がある。これらはいずれも額縁舞台を否定して演技空間の解放をねらい,装置や道具よりも俳優の演技を重視し,舞台と客席の融合を目ざすもので,演出や演技のあり方はもとより,戯曲の書き方そのものの再検討をも迫っている。…

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