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CRITICAL SURVEY
卷 35, 期 4, 页码 10-25出版社
BERGHAHN JOURNALS
DOI: 10.3167/cs.2023.350402
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clown; clowning; Der bestrafte Brudermord; Elsinore; Hamlet; Will Kemp; Wanderbuhne
This article discusses the significance of the clowning element in the German version of Hamlet, focusing on a rustic buffoon character and his connection with similar characters in other Shakespearean and Elizabethan plays.
This article discusses the clowning element of a German version of Hamlet believed to date back to the time of Shakespeare. Der bestrafte Brudermord is noted as an adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy which incorporates a lot more low comedy than any extant version of Hamlet and provides opportunity for contemplating the reason why Hamlet has no explicit clown character. The article focuses especially on a character appearing very briefly in the German play, a rustic buffoon called Jens, and his affinity with the rustics and comic servants of other Shakespeare plays and other Elizabethan plays. It is particularly asserted that this role shows signs of the involvement of the clown Will Kemp at some stage of the writing of Hamlet, or of touring continental Europe with an adaptation of it that puts the clowning element at the forefront.
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