戏剧人莎士比亚--罗伯特·科恩《莎士比亚论戏剧》评述

Man of the Theatre:A Review of Robert Cohen’s Shakespeare on Theatre

在其专著《莎士比亚论戏剧:对其理论和实践的批判性考察》中,罗伯特·科恩另辟蹊径,通过莎士比亚的生平突出了其除剧作家之外的演员、导演、剧场经营者身份,指出莎士比亚从小就由于家庭原因和个人爱好对伊丽莎白一世时期兴起的戏剧产生了浓厚兴趣,进而先成为一名演员,随后写戏、导戏、经营剧团和剧场。实际上,他在作品中不断提及演员、舞台和观众。联系莎士比亚的剧本表述进行深入分析,科恩认为,莎士比亚不单是剧作家,更是罕见、杰出的“戏剧人”。

In Shakespeare on Theatre,Robert Cohen proposes that Shakespeare,due to family reasons and personal hobbies,had a strong interest in the drama,and then became an actor,playwright,director,a shareholder of the theater companies,and a co-producer of theatre,highlighting his multiple identities beyond dramatist throughout his working life.In fact,Shakespeare also wrote about actor/actors/player/players,stage and audience incessantly in his works.Cohen points out that Shakespeare was a full-fledged man of the theatre by making an in-depth analysis of Shakespeare’s plays.