Résumés
Abstract
In The Merry Wives of Windsor, there is a humorous sound-based musical moment in act 3, scene 1 that no longer resonates with contemporary audiences; the sounds evoked in the text and intended for performance on the stage have become obsolete. This article begins by investigating the original sounds and meanings of the sonic moment in the play, exploring what they would have sounded like and what they meant to an Elizabethan audience. It then turns to three twentieth- and twenty-first-century productions that have contended with this outdated sonic moment in funny, memorable, and very different ways, asking how new productions can harness new sounds to capture old meanings.
Keywords:
- William Shakespeare,
- The Merry Wives of Windsor,
- English Metrical Psalms,
- The Whole Book of Psalms,
- Christopher Marlowe
Résumé
Dans The Merry Wives of Windsor, l’acte 3, scène 1, contient un passage musico-sonore à caractère humoristique qui a perdu toute résonance auprès des spectateurs contemporains. Les sons évoqués dans le texte et destinés à être exécutés sur scène sont aujourd’hui obsolètes. Cet article analyse d’abord les sons originaux et les significations dont ils sont porteurs, en examinant la manière dont ils auraient été entendus et interprétés par un public élisabéthain. Il se penche ensuite sur trois productions du XXe et du XXIe siècle qui ont traité ce passage sonore désuet de manières amusantes, mémorables et tout à fait distinctes, afin de comprendre comment de nouvelles productions peuvent exploiter de nouveaux sons pour restituer d’anciennes significations.
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