이라크 전쟁과 영국의 2003-2004 셰익스피어 공연

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Shakespeare says in Hamlet the purpose of playing is "mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of time his form and pressure." Playing Shakespeare should be reflecting the times.
Iraq war must have been one of the most pressing, the most inhuman and the most disastrous social issues in the world since U. S. invaded Iraq on the 20th of March, 2003. Although U. S. has led the war, England dispatched the second biggest troops to Iraq, and South Korea the third biggest. England and South Korea can not be free from the responsibility about the war, even though South Korea's troops have just stayed inside the camp, instead of fighting against Iraqi army.
British theatre's reactions to Iraq war were immediate and hot and of very wide range. Above all, we need to observe the movements of The National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company which are representative of British theatre. Nicholas Hytner's first season as artistic director at the National Theatre began with a modern version of Shakespeare's Henry Ⅴ. With its combat gear, video screens, it connected Shakespeare's Agincourt with today's Basra. Especially, as Michael Hubbard points out, the production's use of live TV feeds to broadcast Henry's propaganda recalled addresses given to the Iraqi people by George W Bush and Tony Blair during Iraq war. This production of Henry Ⅴ gave sharp voice to its anti-war agenda. Mearsure for Mearsure, a co-production of Complicite and the National Theatre, which was directed by Simon McBurney, emphasized the horrors of Angelo's prison through some topical touches concerning Iraq war; Angelo was allied with the hypocrisy of George W. Bush, whose image appeared briefly on the video screens during Lucio's lines about a "sanctimonious pirate"; and the prisoners, who were severely beaten and tortured, wore the Guantanamo-style orange overalls. Royal Shakespeare Company's productions have seldom tried topical touches about Iraq war. But Othello, directed by Gregory Doran, led the audience to recall Iraq war, even though the moments were brief Othello's camp reminded us of a garrison town in some distant British colony with all wire-compounds and corrugated iron fences. And Islamic women lurked and ran away behind steel netting at the rear when they met the Venetian soldiers's violence. As a result, this production led the British audience to relate Othello's tragedy with Iraqi situation in which British army is involved today.
British Shakespearean productions have shown active and acute reactions against Iraq war as soon as the war broke out in 2003. Their attitudes about urgent social issues like Iraq war remind Korean theatre of what theatre should do.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론
• Ⅱ. 본론
• Ⅲ. 결론
• 인용문헌
• Abstract

참고문헌 (Reference)

1 "The Riverside Shakespeare" Houghton Mifflin Co 1997

2 "Terror of modern times sets the stage of Greek tragedy -Theatrical revivals seen as direct response to Iraq war" 13-, 2006

3 "Review of Othello, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 6th March 2004" 5-, 2006

4 "Review of Mearsure for Mearsure a co-production of Theatre de Complicite and the National Theatre Company at the Olivier Theatre" 10 (10): 2004

5 "Rehearsal Diary: Henry V at the National" National Theatre, 2003

6 "Othello" 2006

7 "Measure for Measure" 2005

8 "Henry packs political punch" 13-, 2006

9 "Henry V" 154 : 21-28, 2003

10 "Dramatic Interventions" 18-19, 2004

11 "Cry havoc" 4-, 2005

12 "Agincourt, near Basra." 2003

13 "A tale for our time summons the blood" 13-, 2006

14 "A Wheedling word in your ear" 24 : 20-, 2004