Scribe, E. (English spelling) ScribeE

Japanese: Scribe，E.（英語表記）ScribeE

…In French, pièce bien faite literally means a well-constructed play, but it usually refers to a play with a tight structure, in which the plot progresses through well-constructed situations rather than through the personalities of the characters. It was established in 19th century France, and its main writers include Eugène Scribe, V. Sardou, A. Dumas the Younger, and Émile Augier. In general, the story unfolds while unsettling and surprising the audience, with the conclusion usually conforming to established moral values. …

From [French Theatre]

...The three great playwrights who wrote plays dealing with money, sex, and family of the contemporary bourgeoisie were Dumas the Younger, Émile Augier (1820-89), and V. Sardou. This phenomenon marked the second turning point of 19th-century theater. Contemporary plays of manners developed into the realist dramatism of H. Beck and the naturalistic theater of É. Zola as serious "dramas" dealing with social issues, and into light comedies full of reversals and leaps of fame, such as E. Labiche, who perfected "vaudeville as a comedy" after Eugène Scribe's (1791-1861) "vaudeville without singing," and his successor G. Feydeau, and into the operetta of J. Offenbach, the flower of Paris during the Second Empire. "Modern drama" was established by being a mirror that reflected the "modern life" that Baudelaire preached. ...

From [Meyerbeer]

…His grand operas, which combined German, Italian, and French opera styles, were widely welcomed by the general audience at the time due to their splendid stage effects. The librettos by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) were also popular with the masses. In 1842, he was appointed general music director at the Prussian court and was active in Berlin. …

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Japanese:

…フランス語ではpièce bien faiteといい，文字どおりには〈よく作られた戯曲〉を意味するが，普通は，緊密な構成をもち，人物の個性よりも巧みに組み立てられた状況によってプロットが進行する戯曲を指す。19世紀のフランスで確立し，スクリーブEugène Scribe,V.サルドゥー，A.デュマ(子)，オージエÉmile Augierなどをおもな書き手とする。おおむね，過去の秘密がしだいに明らかになって中心人物の現在の生活に決定的な影響を及ぼすという物語を，観客を不安がらせたり驚かせたりしながら進行させ，また，結末は既成の道徳観に合致するのが普通である。…

【フランス演劇】より

…小デュマ，オージエÉmile Augier(1820‐89)，V.サルドゥーが同時代ブルジョアジーの金や性や家族を扱うこの劇作の御三家であり，この現象が19世紀演劇の第2の転機となる。同時代風俗劇は，社会問題を扱う深刻な〈劇(ドラム)〉としては，H.ベックの写実主義劇作術とÉ.ゾラの自然主義演劇へと発展し，逆転と飛躍に満ちた軽喜劇としては，スクリーブEugène Scribe(1791‐1861)の〈歌抜きボードビル〉を受けて〈喜劇としてのボードビル〉を完成させたE.ラビッシュとそれを継ぐG.フェードーに，あるいは第二帝政期パリの華であるJ.オッフェンバックのオペレッタに結実する。ボードレールの説く〈現代生活〉をそのまま映す鏡となることで〈近代劇〉は成立する。…