表題番号：2025R-016
日付：2026/02/07
研究課題A Catalogue of Animals on the London Stage, 1660-1800
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 教育・総合科学学術院 教育学部 | 准教授 | 三好 力 |
- 研究成果概要
- I have made steady progress on the research project, particularly in compiling detailed evidence concerning the use of elephants on the London stage from 1660 to 1800. These findings have been disseminated through two presentations: one at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Shakespeare Society of Japan, entitled “The Elephant in the Playhouse: Did Aphra Behn’s Sir Patient Fancy Feature a Real Elephant?”, and another at a research group meeting in January 2026. The presentations drew on a wide range of theatrical and non-theatrical sources to reassess evidence for live elephants on the London stage, examining contemporary eyewitness accounts of imported elephants, their presence in fairs, their appearance in prologues and epilogues at the patent theatres, and the previously overlooked convention of pairing low comedians with live animals. Feedback from these presentations has been highly constructive and will inform the continued development of the project.