大劇場で悲劇の主人公を演じ続けるためには －1814年のエドマンド・キーンによる名声維持のための Hamlet とOthello 上演－

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  • To Keep on Playing the Tragic Hero on a Big London Stage —Edmund Kean’s Attempt in Keeping His Fame by Playing Hamlet and Othello in 1814—
  • ダイ ゲキジョウ デ ヒゲキ ノ シュジンコウ オ エンジ ツズケル タメ ニワ : 1814ネン ノ エドマンド ・ キーン ニ ヨル メイセイ イジ ノ タメ ノ Hamlet ト Othello ジョウエン

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Edmund Kean made his debut on the London stage playing Shylock from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice in January 1814. Shylock was swiftly followed by Richard from Shakespeare’s histories Richard the Third. By playing these two roles he has made a name in London. However to be able to keep performing on a big London stage Kean had to continue producing successful reviews in each of the roles he will perform in front of London theatre critics and audiences. His attempt in securing the lead position was clear in the choice of roles he would perform after Shylock and Richard : which was Hamlet. Hamlet is still considered as a role that shows the actor’s true ability in acting. And Kean’s attempt in playing Hamlet was a miserable failure: especially in the eye of the theatre critics, although frocks of audiences gathered to the theatre. But they were there to see Kean not Hamlet. And to make up for that failure he chose another role that he thought would revive his assessment as an actor which was Othello. Yet Othello and Hamlet is a character with somewhat shared qualities and the result was as expected. To revive his two failed attempts Kean’s next choice of character was Iago from Othello. In choosing a character that has shared qualities with Shylock and Richard of course brought success which was easily granted. Yet by playing a similar role showed Kean’s limited quality as an actor which would have been taken as a risk if he wanted to keep his position as an leading London actor. However Kean was ready to embrace this risk and face the consequence from that choice.

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