"Then draw the Curtaines againe": The Strange Case of Good Duke Humphrey (of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part Two)

KRAJNÍK, Filip. "Then draw the Curtaines againe": The Strange Case of Good Duke Humphrey (of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part Two). The Luminary. 2013, č. 3, s. 26-37.

Základní údaje

Originální název

"Then draw the Curtaines againe": The Strange Case of Good Duke Humphrey (of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part Two)

Autoři

KRAJNÍK, Filip

Vydání

The Luminary, 2013

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

Písemnictví, masmedia, audiovize

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Odkaz na plné číslo periodika se článkem.

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Shakespeare; Henry VI; dramatic characterisation; sleep

Příznaky

Recenzováno

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Anotace

V originále

The image of a sleeping character on stage had a special dramatic significance for mediaeval and early-modern playwrights and audiences, often playing a crucial rôle in the dramaturgical plane of the play in question. William Shakespeare seems to have been particularly fond of this trope, having used it numerous times throughout his dramatic career. The present paper discusses the very first instance of the topos in Shakespeare’s canon – the murder of Duke Humphrey in his bed in 2 Henry VI. Special attention is paid to two distinct versions of the scene (Quarto and Folio), whose relationship has not been unanimously agreed upon by literary criticism. The author argues that, while the Quarto version seems to be the original work of early Shakespeare, the Folio variant is dramatically superior and more consistent with the use of the topos in Shakespeare’s later – and more mature – works.