episode_0027

When we think of ‘literature’, we often think of poetry or novels, but in fact, ‘the most influential literature’ is plays.

This is because plays are the basis of stories.

In order to display a story in a form other than ‘text’, something called a ‘play’ is essential. Plays, musicals, dramas, movies… . All types of productions require a play, and the root of such a play was a play.

“Writing a play… ?”

“Uh.”

“You’re a novelist, right?”

“Hmm, well, there is something like the Leger drama.”

“What is that… ?”

“There is. Something like that.”

A play is the purest form of a story. Commentary, instructions, scenes, dialogue… In a play, the story is dismantled, leaving only the most essential elements to express it.

Therefore, plays are literature in themselves and are not subordinate to performing arts such as plays or musicals.

A play that reads a play written without the assumption of performance—it was called a ‘Legé drama.’ Goethe’s Faust is a representative Leger drama.

“Still, if possible, it would be better to have a play that can be performed.”

Although the performing culture of this world is very developed, the ‘dramatic literature’ that forms its basis was not very developed.

This was due to the spectacular spectacle called ‘performance magic’.

In this world, the script was nothing more than a directive to show off the magic of performance. It seems that performances based on novels have become popular recently, but honestly, it was difficult to give the adaptation a very good evaluation.

Just because you throw a person into Wonderland doesn’t mean you can sympathize with the story of a girl named Alice.

‘I don’t know many plays, but—’

Unlike novels, I can remember the contents of at most a few dozen plays.

But that was enough.

This is because those dozens of plays were masterpieces that dominated the culture of his previous life.

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If you ask book lovers to name their favorite author, many names will likely come up.

People who like Russian literature will talk about Dostoevsky, people who like socially critical novels will talk about George Orwell, and people who like epic fantasy will talk about Tolkien first.

However, if you ask me to name one of the greatest writers.

Whether you are a book lover or someone who has never read a book in your life, there is a name that comes to everyone’s mind first.

“Is that the new play you said you were writing?”

“Ugh.”

“Hamlet… The title is ”

William Shakespeare.

It is a name that anyone living on Earth in a past life would have heard at least once.

“I didn’t know that you were also interested in plays. Because you were always looking for novels.”

“I’m going to pay attention from now on.”

Shakespeare was ‘English literature’ itself. He was also the person who perfected the language called English.

Constitution of the British people. The universe of English literature. Poets of the world… .

The words referring to Shakespeare are so grandiose that they feel like comical exaggerations. It was said that if the best work in history was Don Quixote, the best writer in history was Shakespeare.

And ‘Hamlet’, which I will plagiarize, was a play that was evaluated as the most masterpiece among his four major tragedies.

“Can I bring you some plays to use as a reference for research?”

“No, I’m going to leave the details to the experts.”

“Yes?”

“Wouldn’t a playwright be the best at writing plays?”

If I had plagiarized the novel on my own, I would have had as much trouble as I did translating ‘Don Quixote.’

Now there were many talented students.

This time, I plan to borrow the strength of my students.

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The 2nd creative contest for ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.’

The student who won the grand prize in the contest was a playwright. He received the grand prize for ‘Jekyll and Hyde,’ a re-creation of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.’

That student’s name is─.

“Student Ian Plummer.”

“Yes!”

“Let’s go together.”

“Yes!”

It was Ian Plummer.

A student named Ian Plummer was the youngest child of a fairly powerful noble family. I remember that Earl Plummer was a nobleman who led a faction of the Conservative Party in Parliament.

My father would often talk behind my back at the restaurant, saying it was an old man with whom I couldn’t communicate well.

The youngest, Ian Plummer, was living a free life, enjoying art and culture.

“I’m trying to write a play this time, and I need your help.”

“I’ll show you my skills!”

“I’m glad you’re overflowing with confidence. Rolls Camel students will also be joining us, so let’s do well together.”

“… Are you talking about the stutter?”

Ian frowned slightly, but immediately returned his expression.

I guess they decided that speaking negatively about a fellow writer I would be writing with would give me a bad impression.

“Yes. I stutter, but my sense of language is… Because he’s a genius. I think it will be quite helpful in this work.”

“I see… .”

Ian Plummer’s eyes sparkled.

Although he was a man full of aristocratic pride, he was fundamentally a reader who loved art.

I thought I would show my own respect for a talented writer.

Right now, he seems to be a little reluctant because he stutters, but if we start working together, we will quickly become friends. maybe.

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“Hey! Stuttering! On a topic I don’t even know about performance!”

“So, honestly, I think the lines that Ian wrote are terrible… .”

“In a play, you have to pay attention to the presence of the actor who is acting! Throwing out good lines without adjusting the pace is not enough!”

“Ha, but my sentences are better… .”

Mmm, great.

After all, writers are supposed to be like this.

” Author Homer! What do you think!”

“Ho, author Homer, my sentences are better, right?”

“I think both are good, right?”

The lines refined by Rolls Camel were close to classical poetry.

As the writer Shakespeare was also a poet who created countless new words, her poetic language and sense were able to raise the artistry and sensitivity of ‘Hamlet’ to the limit.

On the other hand, the lines refined by Ian Plummer were very sophisticated and intuitive.

The ability to control the pace and speed of holding and holding one’s breath is truly admirable. As Shakespeare’s works have universality and joy that transcends the times, this was also one of their essential elements.

“Why not use both?”

“Yes?”

“This is a play, not a novel. Since the purpose is a performance, it would be okay for several separate editions to exist.”

As you might know with Lesedrama, what we are writing now is a play whose purpose is to be performed.

Of course, it was also possible to modify it as needed. This is because the original play itself is a type of literature that is very organically modified depending on the situation or region.

There were also several double editions of Shakespeare’s works in his previous life.

“It would be nice to perform both and be evaluated by the audience.”

And, from my perspective.

The more works, the better. Hamlet itself was something I stole from my past life, but the fun of the work wasn’t necessarily in the story.

It would be very enjoyable to read Hamlet reborn in the hands of these two people.

Like Alice reborn as the coat of arms of Rolls Camel. One of the joys of translation is being able to enjoy one work in many different ways.

“Don’t you think it would be fun?”

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For the performance of Hamlet, I received help from Mr. Kindersley.

As a result, it was decided that Hamlet would be premiered at the ‘Heiden Theater Company’, which can be said to be the best theater company in the empire.

The theater was also the same place where I last saw the performance of ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

I also came to the theater to see a play with my family.

“Keuhum, what kind of performance is this at my age? You guys are going to go see it on your own, don’t bother… .”

My father sat in the seat and grumbled, and my mother smiled gracefully at him.

My brother was making a fuss next to me.

“Wow, this is a performance where the author of Homer wrote the play himself. My two favorite things are the works of Homer and the performances of the Hayden Theater Company! Do you understand? You unrecognized younger brother?”

“I am that Homer.”

“Anyway, you have no humanity. How does a guy like this write such amazing works? .”

“Well.”

“Anyway, genius is amazing.”

I wish I was a genius too.

Then, I would have been able to become self-sufficient by writing dozens of works myself. It’s just a shame that I don’t have that kind of talent.

All I can do is plagiarize.

Fortunately, unlike me, there were talented people and I was able to borrow their talents.

– “The performance will start soon. Audience members who have Silence, Illusion, or Amplification type magic tools are asked to leave them with the staff waiting at the entrance. We ask for your understanding as this is for a pleasant performance environment.”

“It’s starting soon. But is there anyone who bothers to carry around magic tools like that?”

“Well. If you were a royal family member or a magic tower wizard, you could probably carry it around. Or vain merchants.”

I saw several people getting up from their seats and heading toward the entrance.

It seems like there really is someone who has a magic tool.

Everyone who got up sat down, the lights turned off, and the world became dark.

[Chapter 1. Elsinoa. The tower above the castle.]

[Binado: Who’s there?]

That’s how the performance began.