셰익스피어 낭만 희극의 광대 배우와 즉흥연기

Janghyun NamThis study attempts to shed light on the dramatic significance of Shakespeare's servant characters played by contemporary comic actors. In the company Shakespeare worked for, there were famous popular comic actors such as Kempe and Tarlton who mainly played the roles of fools or servants. They often attracted more attention and received more applause from audience than the other players. Their popularity usually exceeded that of other popular or more experienced actors as well as younger actors usually playing the roles of young lovers who were often regarded as heroes and heroines from a perspective based on the plot. Such popular comic actors were mainly cast as servants in Shakespeare's early romantic comedies. In this respect, the dramatic importance of servant characters on stage requires reassessment with regard to the popularity of this type of actors. Even though they were not given many lines in a play, their appearances on stage were often accompanied with a great amount of laughter and usually left vivid impression on audiences. Therefore, when their dramatic effect is measured in comparison to the consideration of the popularity of the actor who played them, their words become more significant.Futhermore, given that the comic actors had far more freedom on stage with regard to their actions and words and could extemporize as often and freely as they could, it becomes clear that such servant characters must have had much more dramatic importance in reality. When their unwritten extemporizations in Shakespeare's early comedies are examined, the remarks made by such servant characters in relation to the contemporary economic and political climate begin to reveal their true significance and resonate in their society. 남 장 현 (단독연구)용인대학교 영어학과주소 경기도 용인시 처안구 삼가동 용인대학교leonord@hanmail.net KCI Citation Count: 1